NASA Stellar - Evolution - Infographic - Chart
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STELLAR EVOLUTION
The rate of evolution and the ultimate fate of a star depends on its mass.
Cloud of Stellar
Dust and Gas
The dust and gas collapse and heat up
Somewhat
Much smaller smaller than
than the Sun the Sun
Brown Dwarf
Red Dwarf
Same size Much larger
as the Sun Protostar than the Sun
Sun-Like Star Blue Supergiant
Nuclear fusion consumes
all the hydrogen A Star more massive than ~10 Suns
Red Giant
Red Supergiant
Material is ejected,
creating a Filamentary shell
A Star with the mass
surrounding a hot small star
about 100 times the
mass of the Sun Outer layers of the
star are ejected
Nuclear fuel
is used up
Planetary Nebula
Blue Giant
The central star collapses Nuclear fuel
is used up
White Dwarf Type II Supernova
IF it is pushed over a limit of A Star with the mass
about 1.4 times the mass of about 150 times
the sun, it explodes the mass of the Sun
Core Collapses
Core Collapses
Type 1a Black Neutron
Supernova Hole Star
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