ASTRO PROJECT

Nebula

A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. Some nebulae (multiple nebulas) come from the gas and dust thrown out by the explosion of a dying star, such as a supernova. Other nebulae are regions where new stars are beginning to form. Gravity will slowly clump the dust togerther forming a beautiful sight.

Protostar

A protostar is the formation of gas before the star is made. A protostar looks like a star but it isn't, this is becasue the star is not hot enough to fuse together. When the protostar is forming the gas forms like a disc and this cloud of gas collapses into the protostar. Since the star has a magnetic field some particles will fly out of the area.

Different Endings

White Dwarf are the endings of stars like our sun. They will lose all their nuculer energy and will only be left with a core. The size of the star will be smaller and the volume changes draticlly. The volume can get close to the volume of earth. Black Holes are sometimes formed when the star collapseson itself. This leaves alot of mass to be focused in one area. A black hole will "drain" the matter out of nearby planets and stars. These happen to stars with a higher mass Neutron Stars have a similar cycle to black holes. Neutons stars are just lighter, since the star has a lower mass it cannot collapse alot of mass on itself. When the star collapses on itself. The star will shrink to the size of a city. This is the most dense phyical object known to man.