2. STARS ARE ALL BASICALLY THE
SAME: BIG GAS BALLS THAT HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR
BILLIONS OF YEARS.
THERE ARE MILLION OF TYPES OF STARS THAT WE HAVE
DISCOVERED THROUGH EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE
3. PROTOSTAR
THE PROTOSTAR IS A
COLLECTION OF GAS THAT
HAS COLLAPSED DOWN
FROM A GIANT MOLECULAR
CLOUD.
T Tauri Star
T TAURI STARS DON’T HAVE
ENOUGH PRESSURE AND
TEMPERATURE AT THEIR
CORES TO GENERATE
NUCLEAR FUSION
4. MAIN SEQUENCE
STAR
RED GIANT STAR
STARS IN THE MAIN SEQUENCE WILL
HAVE A SIZE THAT DEPENDS ON
THEIR MASS, WHICH IS DEFINED BY
THEIR AMOUNT OF GRAVITY
THE RED GIANT PHASE OF A
STAR’S LIFE WILL ONLY LAST A
FEW HUNDRED MILLION YEARS
BEFORE IT RUNS OUT OF FUEL
COMPLETELY
5. WHITE DWARF
STAR
RED DWARF
STAR
A WHITE DWARF SHINES BECAUSE
IT WAS A HOT STAR ONCE, BUT
THERE’S NO FUSION REACTIONS
HAPPENING ANYMORE.
A RED DWARF STAR IS A
SMALL RED STAR. THESE
STARS ARE AMONG THE
SMALLEST STARS.
6. NEUTRON STARS BLACK HOLES
A NEUTRON STAR IS A TYPE OF
REMAINS STELAR, IT RESULT OF THE
COLLAPSE OF A SUPERGIGANTIC
STAR. THIS STAR IS COMPOSED OF
NEUTRON
A BLACK HOLE IS A HOLE
FORMED BY THE COLLAPSE
OF A STAR AT THE END OF ITS
LIFE.
7. SUPERGIGANTIC STARS
A SUPERGIGANTIC STAR IS THE MOST LUMINOUS
BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF ENERGY BUT ITS LIFE IS
SHORT AND IT EVENTUALLY EXPLODES.