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What happens to a sun-like star after it has used up all the fluid in its core?
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∙ 14y ago
Simple answer: Red Giant.
However, there are several stages to a red giant.
The most common form is a shell burning red giant, where hydrogen is still being fused into helium but in a shell rather than the core. The core is still inactive helium. This is a red giant branch (RGB) star.
The other form is a asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star where helium is fused to form carbon by the triple-alpha process.
So the detailed answer is a red giant but only when it is on the AGB.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoOnce a sun-like star has used up almost all of the hydrogen in it's core it will start to burn helium as well. This starts it's Red Giant phase which drastically increases the size of the star to hundreds of it's original size. Once the star has used up all available fuel it will contract down to the size of the Earth. While shedding it's outer layers into a Nebula. The Star is now a White Dwarf and will slowly fade into a Black Dwarf after trillions of years.
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∙ 13y agoStars "burn" with a process called nuclear fusion. This process fuses two hydrogen atoms in to one helium atom. Stars have a finite amount of hydrogen in them, hence when they consume it all, they run out of it.
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∙ 7y agoA supergiant or red giant. They are normally around 3,500 degrees C and are very bright, near -5 on the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. These are the largest stars in the galaxy and universe.
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∙ 12y agoIt all depends on the mass and age of the original star.
- White dwarf
- Black dwarf
- Neutron star
- Black hole
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∙ 14y agoWhen it has used up all its FUEL (energy supply), a star the mass of our Sun will turn into a white dwarf.
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∙ 14y agoIt shrinks and heats up.
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∙ 13y agoIt becomes a dwarf.
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∙ 14y agoa white dwarf
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When a stars core collapses does a giant explosion happen?
Yes, if the star is massive enough when the core collapses a supernova explosion happens.
When the core of a star reaches a temperatureof about 100 million degrees K something new happens in the core What is this new event?
As an average star is dying and the core is contracting when the temperature reaches 100 million Kelvin Helium atoms fuse into
What happens when the core of a super giant collapses while the outer part explodes and gets very hot?
A neutron star
What is happening to the star of a protostar?
A protostar is a star that is just beginning to form out of a stellar nebular (under gravity). The core of the gravitational collapse is getting more and more massive and is heating up as a result of the gravimetric contraction but has not yet reached the point where nucleosynthesis has begun in its core. It is when this happens that it becomes a star.
What Materials in the core of a supernova?
A supernova happens when most of the core of the collapsing star has become neutrons, held up against gravity by neutron degeneracy pressure. At this point a shockwave reflects from the neutron star surface, driving the supernova explosion.So the answer to your question is neutrons.
What type of star is large and compact?
the star that is large and compact is a g-type sunlike star.
When the core of a star shrinks after hydrogen fusion stops the core heats up but what happens to the star?
The rest of the star expands.
What does a sunlike star become in the final state of it's life cycle?
the answer is white dwarf
What happens to Hydrogen atoms in a star's core?
its clears air
If the core temp of a star decreases what happens to the radius?
It increases
What happens when a star can't hold it's weight?
The core collapses
Where does hydrogen fusion occur when there is no hydrogen left in the core of a star?
If there is no hydrogen left at the core of star then hydrogen fusion cannot occur. What happens in the core of a star before that happens is that helium begins to fuse, and then the other elements going up the periodic table until carbon. And then if the star explodes into a supernova, traces of the higher elements are fused as well.
What happens to the core of a star after a planetary nebula occurs?
It becomes a white dwarf.
What happens when the outer core of a star explodes after the core collapses?
Its blown into interstellar space - to enrich and mix with the gasses already out there.
What happens in the star core?
The core of a star is located inside the star in a region where the temperature and pressures are sufficient to ignite nuclear fusion, converting atoms of hydrogen into helium, and releasing a tremendous amount of heat.
When a stars core collapses does a giant explosion happen?
Yes, if the star is massive enough when the core collapses a supernova explosion happens.
When the core of a star reaches a temperatureof about 100 million degrees K something new happens in the core What is this new event?
As an average star is dying and the core is contracting when the temperature reaches 100 million Kelvin Helium atoms fuse into
