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stellar evolution, exact phrase.
PNe - V5
Artwork of an imaginary planetary nebula. This is a glowing shell of gas cast off by
a star near the end of its life. The star can be seen at the centre of the nebula.
The Sun will one day form a planetary nebula, once its internal stock of hydrogen ...
Keywords:
... net, planetary nebula, RedBubble, star, stellar
evolution, white dwarf ...
Red Giant from Planet
This once normal star, having exhausted its internal supply of hydrogen, has
expanded, growing into a gargantuan caricature of its former self called a red giant.
It is dozens or hundreds of times its original size. Any nearby planets will be
engulfe...
Keywords:
... cape, melted, melting, red giant, star, stellar
evolution, volcanic, volcanism ...
Surface Mass Ejection
A surface mass ejection (SME), depicted in this illustration, is a relatively
recently discovered phenomenon in stellar astrophysics. They are similar to coronal
mass ejections but on a far larger scale. During an SME, a star can release hundreds
of ...
Keywords:
... s giant, red giant, SME, space weather, stellar
evolution, surface mass ejection ...
Red Giant Destroying Planet - V2
Astronomers at NOIRLab (Tucson, Arizona, USA) have detected what they believe is the
first sighting of the destruction of a gas giant planet caused by the expansion of
its ageing red giant star. All sun-like stars expand as their nuclear fuel runs ou...
Keywords:
... RLab, planet, press release, red giant, stellar
evolution ...
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