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THE BIRTH AND

DEATH OF STARS
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 STARS
A Short Description of star
03 FACTS
Some Interesting facts about
Stars and Space

02 STAR LIFE CYCLE

Brief Description of the 7 04 REFERENCES
Links and credits of sources
stages of the formation of
stars
 01
STARS
Working together, tiny stars light the universe.
 WHAT IS A STAR?
 A star is a luminous ball of gas mostly hydrogen
and helium, held together by its own gravity.
 Nuclear fusion reactions in its core support the
star against gravity and produce photons and
heat, as well as small amounts of heavier
elements.
Things to know about stars:

 Stars come in a variety of masses and

the mass determines how radiantly the
star will shine and how it dies.
 All stars, irrespective of their size,
follow the same 7-stage cycle, they
start as a gas cloud and end as a star
remnant.
The seven main stages of the life cycle
02
of a star
Whether big or small, young or old, stars are one of the most beautiful and lyrical objects in all of creation
Next time you look up at the stars, remember, this is how they were created and how they will die.
 01:Giant Gas Cloud
 A star originates from a large
cloud of gas.
 The temperature in the cloud
is low enough for the
synthesis of molecules.
 The Orion cloud complex in
the Orion system is an
example of a star in this stage
of life.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
 02:Protostar

 When the gas particles in the

molecular cloud run into each other,
heat energy is produced.
 This results in the formation of a
warm clump of molecules referred to
as the Protostar.
 Several Protostars can be formed in
one cloud, depending on the size of
the molecular cloud.

SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)
 03:T-Tauri Phase

 A T-Tauri star begins when

materials stop falling into the
Protostar and release tremendous
amounts of energy.
 The T-Tauri star lasts for about
100 million years, following
which it enters the most extended
phase of development – the Main
sequence phase.
T Tauri: A Star is Formed
Credit & Copyright: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker, WIYN, NOAO, AURA, NSF
 04:Main Sequence

 The main sequence phase is the stage in development

where the core temperature reaches the point for the
fusion to commence.
 In this process, the protons of hydrogen are
converted into atoms of helium.
 This reaction is exothermic; it gives off more heat
than it requires and so the core of a main-sequence
star releases a tremendous amount of energy.
 05:Red Giant

 Without the reactions occurring at

the core, a star contracts inward
through gravity causing it to expand.
 As it expands, the star first becomes
a subgiant star and then a red giant.
 Red giants have cooler surfaces than
the main-sequence star, and because
of this, they appear red than yellow.

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 06:The Fusion of Heavier Elements

 Helium molecules fuse at the core, as the star expands.

 The energy of this reaction prevents the core from
collapsing.
 The iron fusion reaction absorbs energy, which causes the
core to collapse.
 This implosion transforms massive stars into a supernova
while smaller stars like the sun contract into white dwarfs.
 07:Supernovae and Planetary Nebulae
 Most of the star material is blasted
away into space, but the core implodes
into a neutron star or a singularity
known as the black hole.
 Less massive stars don’t explode, their
cores contract instead into a tiny, hot
star known as the white dwarf while
the outer material drifts away.
 Stars tinier than the sun, don’t have
enough mass to burn with anything but
a red glow during their main sequence.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

When you look at a star (or any object in space)
you are seeing how it looked in the past. The Sun
appears as it was 8.5 minutes ago. The view of
Alpha Centauri is 4.3 years old, while the
appearance of Sirius is more than 8 years old.
We are all made of
star dust
THANK
YOU!
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 REFERENC
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