STARS
Answering all your questions about them
A brief summary about stars
-A star the size of our Sun requires about 50 million years to mature from the beginning of the collapse to adulthood
Unique Facts
- When a star has fused all the hydrogen in its core, nuclear reactions cease
- In general, the larger a star, the shorter its life, although all but the most massive stars live for billions of years
WHO first discovered STARS
- Some say it was the ancient Greeks and the Egyptians
What exactly are "Stars"
- They are composed largely of gas and plasma, a superheated state of matter composed of subatomic particles
-The most familiar star to many people would be the sun
-Stars are classified in a range from dwarfs to supergiants
WHY are STARS important to the galaxy
- Stars are what create a galaxy without stars there wouldn't be one
- There really is no key importance to stars besides that, just gases and dust coming together through gravity making little kids happy because they now have something to wish upon
HOW are STARS created
-As they collapse, the molecules that form the clouds compress in upon each other to form helium and hydrogen
-Once gravity pushes them together strongly enough, nuclear fission will begin to occur in the core of the star. This process will continue throughout the life of the star, until all of the fuel is used up.
WHERE are STARS located
-stars are located in outer space of course
- The farthest stars found in the galaxies are billions of miles away
-closest star would be the sun
- The nearest star, besides the sun, is 40 million kilometres away
BIBLIOGRAPHY
. N.p.. Web. <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/stars-article/>