My days of teaching myself physics and astronomy using Wikipedia pages are over...
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Edited by davidoff121: 1/5/2015 3:15:17 PMYeah its a technicality really. Once hydrogen and helium has been depleted the fusion carries on with heavier elements until iron is created which absorbs, rather than outputs energy, meaning the star collapses under it's own gravity and the resulting bounce back causes a supernovae More a hobby than actual qualifications Edit. If the star has enough mass
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If it's too small, it just fizzles out. Quite like my knowledge on these matters. :P
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I best do some work, nice chat add me if your ps4. Psn same as username
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XBONE, unfortunately. :/ I'll follow you on the forums, if that does anything. Science chats are some of the best chats. :D
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Spot on, after increasing massively in size
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That's when it's a... red giant?...
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Yeah which is the eventual outcome for our sun
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Looking forward to it :P