Vocab
a celestial body in the longest, most stable phase of its life, defined by nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium within its core
What is a main-sequence star?
The star system closest to our Sun, which Proxima Centauri is a part of
What is Alpha Centauri?
This is the key step before the supergiant star (like Anatres A) is fully formed
What is a blue supergiant star?
They use math and data to form theories on different bodies of the universe
What are astronomers?
pair of stars in orbit around their common centre of gravity (Antares is this)
What is a binary star?
The process through which Proxima Centauri produces elements
What is nuclear fusion?
This is the distance away from Earth from the red dying superstar Anatres
What is 550 light years?
They use complex math and physics to create theories with the goal of understanding different laws of the universe
What are astrophysicists?
a small, cool, and faint main-sequence star (Proxima Centauri is one of these)
What is a red dwarf star?
This is the lifespan of red dwarf stars
How long is trillions of years?
The process through which Antares B produces elements
What is nuclear fusion?
They also use complex math and physics to do a wide variety of things, including designing scientific equipment
What are physicists?
any star of very great intrinsic luminosity and relatively enormous size, typically several magnitudes brighter than a giant star and several times greater in diameter (Antares is one of these)
What is a supergiant star?
This is how red dwarves look as they begin to run out of fuel
What are brighter/hotter stars?
When red supergiant stars are nearing the end this explosion is bound to happen
What is a Supernova?
The kind of stars red dwarves become after they can’t perform any more nuclear reactions
What are white dwarf stars?
Antares A has a mass 15 times greater than this star
What is the Sun?