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 object (redirect from Stellar Remnant)
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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Stars in fiction (section Stellar evolution)
light of their emanating radiation or superpowers. Certain stages of stellar evolution have received particular attention: supernovae, neutron stars, and...
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Planetary nebula (redirect from Stellar planetary)
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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Subgiant (redirect from Hook (stellar evolution))
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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Carbon-burning process (section Stellar evolution)
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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Open cluster (section Studying stellar evolution)
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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Substellar object (redirect from Sub-stellar objects)
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 (section Stellar evolution)
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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Protostar (section Protostellar evolution)
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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Star formation (redirect from Stellar nursery)
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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Beehive Cluster (redirect from Utah state stellar cluster)
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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