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This is the process that happens inside of stars which creates new elements and a large amount of energy.
Fusion.
About how old is our sun?
About 4.5 billion years old.
This is the heaviest element that can be made inside of a star.
Iron
On the H-R diagram, our sun is categorized as this type of star.
What is a "main sequence star".
This happens when High Mass stars run our of elements to fuse together.
True or false, our sun has enough mass to eventually turn into a Super Nova.
False. Main sequence stars do not have enough mass to go Super Nova.
This is what happens when low mass stars run out of elements to fuse.
The core becomes a White Dwarf and the outer layers become a nebula.
Our sun is mostly made up of these two elements.
After a star goes super nova, there are two possible endings. What are they.
The super nova can become a black hole, or it can become a neutron star.