How Many Different Ways Can A Star Die?

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Like all good things, stars too, must come to an end. What happens in death however, varies greatly between each star and its properties.

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Previous Episode:

What Did The First Stars Look Like?:

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Stars:

"Stars are the most widely recognized astronomical objects, and represent the most fundamental building blocks of galaxies. The age, distribution, and composition of the stars in a galaxy trace the history, dynamics, and evolution of that galaxy."

Neutron Stars: Definition & Facts:

"Neutron stars are city-size stellar objects with a mass about 1.4 times that of the sun. Born from the explosive death of another, larger stars, these tiny objects pack quite a punch."

Space Weather: Sunspots, Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections:

"Though the sun lies 93 million miles (149 million km) from Earth, its unceasing activity assures an impact on our planet far beyond the obvious light and heat."

DO STARS MOVE?:

"We know that Earth is not the center of the universe - let alone the Solar System - but looking at the sky, it's easy to get confused. Stars appear to be rising and setting, as well as the planets, Moon and the Sun."

Gravitational Collapse:

"Try to jump so high that you fly right off of the Earth into outer space. What happens? Why don't you get very far? The gravitational force pulls you back down again very quickly."

Do stars move in the sky? (Beginner):

"If by "follow us" you mean that if you're driving down the street, you should see the stars remain in the same position in the sky even though you're moving, the answer is yes."

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STARS?:

"A star is a star, right? Sure there are some difference in terms of color when you look up at the night sky. But they are all basically the same, big balls of gas burning up to billions of light years away, right?"

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DNews Plus is built for enthusiastic science fans seeking out comprehensive conversations on the geeky topics they love. Host Trace Dominguez digs beyond the usual scope to deliver details, developments and opinions on advanced topics like AI, string theory and Mars exploration. DNews Plus is also offered as an audio podcast on Soundcloud.

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[AlienGrey]

4:00 Do it! Please, do it! Do more series about everything-space!

[RemixedVoice]

Trace, you have such an awesome and suave voice, even when talking about some of the the most violent events in the universe ;)

[davcharley]

Stars with different personalities, now that sounds pretty cool

[kewell]

It's so weird that everything or most of the things we see in space. Has happen millions years ago, basically we are seeing the past of the history lol

[frozeneternity]

The Star types in No Mans Sky have new meaning for me after this series

[mattmorelli]

Do anything and everything on stars, space, black holes, solar systems, etc. The more the better!! I, in the least, will watch every episode!

[rubikfan]

wuuuut, dnew plus, isaac arthur and fraser cain. all post new space videos. AWSOME!!

[Romans_Toupee]

Do an episode on Magnetars and Pulsars!!

[anthoyphillips]

Hey d news love the channel and the shows! My only criticism though is you forgot to mention my favorite type of star death. You didn't mention pair instability supernovas. These stars are true monsters and are in the 150+ solar mass range and are formed with low metallicity. When these stars die there cores are so enormous that high energy photos can cause the creation of electron-positron pairs. This will continue to escalate until the near entirety of the core annihilates causing the most powerful forms of supernovae, the hypernovae. These types of star deaths leave no stellar remnants because the very core is ripped apart by the annilihalation of most of its mass converting to pure energy, and because of e=mc2 we know that this ends up being ALOTTTT of energy. These are still to my knowledge theoretical but we do know that stars of this size do currently exist within our universe and our computer models predict them. It's a small gripe but going into the video I bet myself you wouldn't discuss them. I personally which you would have because you'd do a better job then myself, and these exotic and unusual route of star death just happens to be one of the most violent bursts of energy in the entire universe.

[devesh]

hi trace. let's do something on dimensions? specially 4th and 5th if possible? thanks :D

[johnilarde]

I think it could be a more learning experience if you put the picture of the things you are talking about, but nevertheless this is quite a learning experience already :)

[chelleec]

yes, neutron stars! also, maybe something about the gas planets?? a series about our space probes, satellites, ISS?

[jasonstraurss]

just awesome video, thanks so much D news! love those puns

[stephenr]

Yes please do an episode going over pulsars, quasars, and blazars and the differences between them! <3

[MrBobbyBrown]

I think it would be cool to see a series on vehicle emissions.

[danielinokoba]

can you talk about ploestar and white holes, I know white holes are not popular

[johandewaal]

So if humanity doesn't colonies a other solar system or cause our own destruction, we will die when our star dies.

[sarahimedina]

Can you do a segment on parasites. All different kinds, chigger bites, tape worms, ring worm, pin worm, ticks, toxocara, ecoli? Are they needed in the great circle of life/animal kingdom? Side note: Keep doing what your do! You guys are awesome.

[moldefan]

Fabulous series, Dnews! My question is: how will the Death Star die?

[rko]

nice to learn about new things everyday in such simple terms..