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    Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time. Depending on the mass of the star, its lifetime can range from a few...
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    Star (redirect from Stellar radius)
     21–25. ISBN 978-1466584617. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, G. S. (2013). Stellar Physics: Stellar Evolution and Stability. Translated by Blinov, A. Y.; Romanova, M. Springer...
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  • Compact objects are often the endpoints of stellar evolution and, in this respect, are also called stellar remnants. They can also be called dead stars...
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    Grids of Stellar Evolution Models (some of them including rotational induced mixing) The BaSTI database of stellar evolution tracks Stellar atmospheres:...
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    light of their emanating radiation or superpowers. Certain stages of stellar evolution have received particular attention: supernovae, neutron stars, and...
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    few tens of millennia, compared to considerably longer phases of stellar evolution. Once all of the red giant's atmosphere has been dissipated, energetic...
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    In astrophysics, stellar nucleosynthesis is the creation of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. Stellar nucleosynthesis has occurred...
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    Salaris, Maurizio; Cassisi, Santi (2005). "Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations". Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations: 400. Bibcode:2005essp.book...
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    In cosmology, the study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning...
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    survival – Idea that spacefaring is necessary for long-term human survival Stellar evolution – Changes to stars over their lifespans Structure formation – Formation...
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    Main sequence (category Stellar evolution)
    the main sequence is a classification of stars which appear on plots of stellar color versus brightness as a continuous and distinctive band. Stars on...
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    Astrophysics (redirect from Stellar physics)
    astrophysicists include Solar System formation and evolution; stellar dynamics and evolution; galaxy formation and evolution; magnetohydrodynamics; large-scale structure...
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  • A stellar core is the extremely hot, dense region at the center of a star. For an ordinary main sequence star, the core region is the volume where the...
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  • for a particular mass, and a particular stage of evolution, it is necessary to use a numerical stellar model computed with computer algorithms. Such models...
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    rest of the gas away. Open clusters are key objects in the study of stellar evolution. Because the cluster members are of similar age and chemical composition...
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    In stellar evolution, an isochrone is a curve on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, representing a population of stars of the same age but with different...
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    Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (category Stellar evolution)
    in 1913, and represented a major step towards an understanding of stellar evolution. In the nineteenth century large-scale photographic spectroscopic...
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  • Stellar Blade (Korean: 스텔라 블레이드) is a 2024 action-adventure game developed by Shift Up and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Players take control...
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  • mass to fuse hydrogen and helium, hence do not undergo the usual stellar evolution that limits the lifetime of stars. A substellar object with a mass...
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  • still exist above 150–200 M☉ they would challenge current theories of stellar evolution. Studying the Arches Cluster, which is currently the densest known...
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    Supernova (category Stellar evolution)
    There are a number of difficulties reconciling modelled and observed stellar evolution leading up to core collapse supernovae. Red supergiants are the progenitors...
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    Bloecker, T. (1995). "Stellar evolution of low and intermediate-mass stars. I. Mass loss on the AGB and its consequences for stellar evolution". Astronomy and...
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    habitable zone in the outer parts of stellar systems may exist during the pre-main-sequence phase of stellar evolution, especially around M-dwarfs, potentially...
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    parent molecular cloud. It is the earliest phase in the process of stellar evolution. For a low-mass star (i.e. that of the Sun or lower), it lasts about...
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    within molecular clouds in interstellar space—sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions"—collapse and form stars. As a branch...
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    contain red giants and white dwarfs, which represent later stages of stellar evolution, along with many main sequence stars. The distance to M44 is often...
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    White dwarf (category Stellar evolution)
    A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: in an Earth sized volume, it packs...
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    varies widely based on numerous factors. Stellar mass loss plays a very important role in stellar evolution, the composition of the interstellar medium...
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    stars into which they gradually morph as their periods get longer. Stellar evolution and pulsation theories suggest that these irregular stars have a much...
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    of presolar grains provides information about nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution. Grains bearing the isotopic signature of "r-process" (rapid neutron...
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