Star Vocab

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Mass that forms before a star is born.

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protostar

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Where a star spends most of its life, fusing Hydrogen into Helium in the core.

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Main Sequence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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Large, low temp star expanded from a low-mass main sequence star after Hydrogen is depleted.

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Red Giant

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Very large, low temp star expanded from a high-mass main sequence star after using all Hydrogen.

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Red Supergiant

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A small dense star formed when a low-mass star loses its outer layers as a planetary nebula.

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White Dwarf

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Catastrophic explosion of a high mass star, ejecting most of its mass

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Supernova

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Super dense remnant of a massive star post-supernova, primarily composed of neutrons.

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Neutron Star

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Object so massive that light cannot escape its gravity, formed at the end of a high-mass star's life.

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Black Hole

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Very luminous starlike object, most distant in the universe

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Quasar

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Birthplace of stars, formed after a Supernova explosion.

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Nebula