Death Of Stars Research Paper

Throughout the known, ever expanding Universe there are many powerful things, but few things are more powerful than the death of a star. What happens during the death of a star and how powerful the death is depends on the mass of the star that is dying. In this essay we will discover what causes the death of a star and what remains following its death. We will discuss the different types of stars and what they leave remaining in outer space, sometimes for millions or even billions of years. Stars are extremely complicated celestial bodies, but what holds a star together and prevents it from collapsing is somewhat simple. Stars are composed of hot gasses with a mix of constant nuclear reactions within the body that cause it to release energy, thus making it shine. The elements within a star begin as hydrogen gas and are crushed at a very high pressure, as well as being heated. This hydrogen then turns into heavier elements such as helium and carbon. The process releases huge amounts of energy and causes the star to release light (Cool Cosmos, 2014). This energy flows out from the center of the star and keeps enough pressure inside to prevent the star from collapsing in on itself. Stars eventually will lose that pressure and, depending on the mass of the star, …show more content…
Many of the heavy elements mentioned before did not exist at the start of the Universe and were created by stars that are long gone today. When a star dies it releases its left over hydrogen into space along with heavy elements and could eventually become the start of other stars or even entire solar systems. The death of a star, as I mentioned before, depends on it size or mass. Some star deaths could be quiet (on a very large scale obviously) the other star death is very violent. Smaller stars will create what are known as planetary nebulae and larger stars will create supernovae or even