Stellar Evolution

A hole in space with such great gravity that not even light can escape from it.

• Supernova

• Supergiant

• Main Sequence Star

• Black Hole

Energy is generated in the core of the star as hydrogen atoms fuse to become helium atoms.

• Nebula

• Novas

• Main Sequence Stars

• Giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Star that has such a tremendous explosion that it blows itself apart.

• Black Hole

• Nebula

• Supernova

• Giant and Supergiant

During the process of cooling explosion occurs and causes star to become thousands of times brighter.

• Giant and Supergiant

• Black Hole

• Protostar

• Nova

Third stage of a star; Almost all of the hydrogen atoms within its core have fused into helium atoms.

• Giant and Supergiant

• Main Sequence Stars

• White Dwarf Star

• Supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Shrinking, spinning region of a nebula begins to flatten into a disk of matter with a central concentration.

• Supergiant

• Protostar

• White Dwarf Star

• Supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Final stages of a star; Star loses its outer gases, revealing a core.

• Black Hole

• White Dwarf Star

• Supernova

• Nebula

A cloud of gas and dust; 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, and 2% heavier elements.

• Nebula

• Nova

• Protostar

• Main Sequence Star