beyondMC,
“To have died once is enough.” - Virgil
Stars begin their lives as dense clouds of gas and dust that were pulled together by gravity. The attraction slowly causes these clouds to acquire mass, thus steadily increasing the gas pressure and the temperature of this protostar’s core. If the protostar gets dense enough and hot enough, a fusion reaction will ignite and the star lights up, turning into a very large, very hot, ball of gas which has hydrogen and helium fusing in the core.[1]
Throughout this process, a battle goes on in the core of the star between gravity trying to collapse the star and temperature-produced gas pressure pushing the material in the star outward. During the life of a star, there is a balance between the gas pressure pushing out and gravity pushing in.[2]
How long a star lives depends on its initial size.[3]
The same is true for the manner in which it dies.[4]
Stars bigger than our own become extremely dense and hot in the core, thus they have very high fusion rates. These large stars use up their fuel fastest, so they live for only short periods of time. “Remember that the biggest, brightest things burn out the fastest-” The size and nature of such stars usually cause them to burn nearby heavenly bodies. “-and their flames burn others around them.” When these massive stars die, they become black holes, shrinking down exponentially in volume while also keeping their huge mass. These dense objects have gravitational pulls so strong that not even light can escape from the body. “When they end, a constant darkness stays, snuffing out any trace of its previous existence.”
Stars smaller than our own live the longest. When these stars begin collapsing, they cool and then grow into only slightly bigger red giants. "Remember to take chances, and make every moment count-” These relatively cold stars then start blowing off their materials into planetary nebulae which dissipates into the interstellar medium, leaving almost nothing left of the star. “-so that once it’s over, you’ll regret nothing.”
A star like our own lives for a fair amount of time. Stars of this size, theoretically speaking, have the highest likelihood of having planets with liquid water, or perhaps even life. “Remember love as something that gives light to things that would otherwise be cold, dark, and barren-" When a star of this size begins to collapse, the core increases temperature to the point that the star can begin to fuse helium into carbon, and the outer portion of the star expands greatly due to the higher temperature. “-something that grows stronger in times when other things go darker." Eventually, the star turns into a supernova, a massive explosion accompanied by emissions of light and matter. Sometimes, a supernova can outshine an entire galaxy. “But ends-” Novae only last until the all the fuel of the star is exhausted. The remaining materials shrink into a white dwarf star. “-and leaves only but a spark-" After a certain period of time, the white dwarf loses energy and cools into a black dwarf. “-that eventually disappears.”
P.S. I am aware of the factual errors, discrepancies, and omissions. I made it that way.
This is my universe.
1. And as nothing did we too once exist, only to be pulled together by something greater than ourselves, until that force became powerful enough to hold us together.
2. What glowed and radiated on the outside hid what was happening on the inside. The constant struggles to understand and to find reason constantly pushed us to our absolute limits, but somehow we kept it all together for a while.
3. I knew. You warned me. You know I listened. I took the risk anyway. So we leapt.
4. And somehow, it all just fell apart, just like you told me. There’s an end to even the best of things.
Literary: LDN 57
“To have died once is enough.” - Virgil
Stars begin their lives as dense clouds of gas and dust that were pulled together by gravity. The attraction slowly causes these clouds to acquire mass, thus steadily increasing the gas pressure and the temperature of this protostar’s core. If the protostar gets dense enough and hot enough, a fusion reaction will ignite and the star lights up, turning into a very large, very hot, ball of gas which has hydrogen and helium fusing in the core.[1]
Throughout this process, a battle goes on in the core of the star between gravity trying to collapse the star and temperature-produced gas pressure pushing the material in the star outward. During the life of a star, there is a balance between the gas pressure pushing out and gravity pushing in.[2]
How long a star lives depends on its initial size.[3]
The same is true for the manner in which it dies.[4]
Stars bigger than our own become extremely dense and hot in the core, thus they have very high fusion rates. These large stars use up their fuel fastest, so they live for only short periods of time. “Remember that the biggest, brightest things burn out the fastest-” The size and nature of such stars usually cause them to burn nearby heavenly bodies. “-and their flames burn others around them.” When these massive stars die, they become black holes, shrinking down exponentially in volume while also keeping their huge mass. These dense objects have gravitational pulls so strong that not even light can escape from the body. “When they end, a constant darkness stays, snuffing out any trace of its previous existence.”
Stars smaller than our own live the longest. When these stars begin collapsing, they cool and then grow into only slightly bigger red giants. "Remember to take chances, and make every moment count-” These relatively cold stars then start blowing off their materials into planetary nebulae which dissipates into the interstellar medium, leaving almost nothing left of the star. “-so that once it’s over, you’ll regret nothing.”
A star like our own lives for a fair amount of time. Stars of this size, theoretically speaking, have the highest likelihood of having planets with liquid water, or perhaps even life. “Remember love as something that gives light to things that would otherwise be cold, dark, and barren-" When a star of this size begins to collapse, the core increases temperature to the point that the star can begin to fuse helium into carbon, and the outer portion of the star expands greatly due to the higher temperature. “-something that grows stronger in times when other things go darker." Eventually, the star turns into a supernova, a massive explosion accompanied by emissions of light and matter. Sometimes, a supernova can outshine an entire galaxy. “But ends-” Novae only last until the all the fuel of the star is exhausted. The remaining materials shrink into a white dwarf star. “-and leaves only but a spark-" After a certain period of time, the white dwarf loses energy and cools into a black dwarf. “-that eventually disappears.”
P.S. I am aware of the factual errors, discrepancies, and omissions. I made it that way.
This is my universe.
1. And as nothing did we too once exist, only to be pulled together by something greater than ourselves, until that force became powerful enough to hold us together.
2. What glowed and radiated on the outside hid what was happening on the inside. The constant struggles to understand and to find reason constantly pushed us to our absolute limits, but somehow we kept it all together for a while.
3. I knew. You warned me. You know I listened. I took the risk anyway. So we leapt.
4. And somehow, it all just fell apart, just like you told me. There’s an end to even the best of things.
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