Astronomy

Red Stars

[/caption] The color of a star comes from the temperature of its surface. The hottest stars are blue, cooler stars…

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Astronomers Find Cosmic Dust Fountain

[/caption] Dust is everywhere in space, but the pervasive stuff is one thing astronomers know little about. Cosmic dust is…

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White Dwarf Stars

[/caption] White dwarf stars are the corpses of stars; what happens once they've used up all their fuel and lack…

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Red Dwarf Stars

[/caption] Our Sun is such a familiar sight in the sky that you might think stars like our Sun are…

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Protostar

[/caption] A star will live the majority of its live in the main sequence phase. This is where nuclear fusion…

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Star Main Sequence

[/caption] Most of the stars in the Universe are in the main sequence stage of their lives, a point in…

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Color of Stars

[/caption] Look up into the sky and you'll see the stars twinkling in different colors. Some are dull and red,…

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Core of a Star

[/caption] The core of a star is located inside the star in a region where the temperature and pressures are…

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What is the Life Cycle of Stars?

Like all living beings, stars have a life cycle, which consists of birth, a lifespan characterized by growth and change,…

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What is the Hottest Star?

[/caption] Stars can range in temperature, from the relatively cool red dwarfs to superhot blue stars. So what is the…

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