Stellar Evolution

small, extremely dense remnant of a star whose gravity is so immense that not even light can escape its pull of gravity

• Supernova

• Pulsar

• Protostar

• Black Hole

A massive explosion that occurs when the outer layers of a dying star rebound off the hard surface of a neutron star

• Nebula

• Supernova

• Pulsar

• Protostar

A spinning neutron star that exhibits a pulsing pattern

• Protostar

• Nebula

• Pulsar

• Supernova

A large cloud of interstellar gas and dust that, due to its own gravity collapses in on itself and forms a hot, condensed object that will become a new star.

• Pulsar

• Black Hole

• Nebula

• Evolution

The hot, condensed spinning disc at the center of a nebula that will become a new star when nuclear fusion reactions begin

• Nebula

• Protostar

• Pulsar

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The collapsed, dense core of a dying star; it has a radius of about 10 km, a mass 1.4 to 3 times that of the Sun,

• Protostar

• Neutron Star

• Pulsar

• Black Hole