Name some ways a star can die?

Answer 1

Stars (the stellar light sources) can "die" when they use up their supply of lighter elements (hydrogen, helium). Depending on the size of the star, its fate can be quite different.

Small stars (23% the mass of our Sun, or less) - usually end up as white dwarf stars, but can undergo a nova process if they accumulate fusionable mass on their exteriors. The smaller stars will never fuse helium when their hydrogen is used up.

Medium stars (50% to 9 times as large as our Sun) - will fuse helium, or higher elements with higher mass. They expand into red giants, then collapse into white dwarfs.

Very Large Stars (10 or more times as massive as our Sun) - they are the ones that are likely to end as explosive novas and supernovas, because the increasingly denser elements formed cannot generate the energy to support the exterior mass of the star. It may collapse, compressing the core and triggering the violent explosion of most of the mass into space. These stars will then form neutron stars and black holes.

Answer 2

They can over the years get bigger and bigger until they turn into a red giant (or supergiant) and eventually explode into a nova (or supernova). They opposite is also true. A star may shrink into an immensly dense neutron star and collapse into a black hole.

Answer 3

1) Stars like our Sun will become red giants then white dwarf stars.

2) Stars with mass of more than about 8 times the Sun become supergiants.

They will then explode as a supernova. Finally they "die" and become:

a) neutron stars, or b) black holes.

Answer 4

One main way that a star's life ends is when it explodes and becomes supernova. Before going into the supernova stage, a star will become a red giant, red dwarf and then a white dwarf.

Answer 5

One way is that it may produce to much heat and explodes sometimes making a black hole.