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What causes a giant star to turn into a white dwarf?
A giant star would experience a supernova explosion, in order to become a white dwarf.
Is your sun a supernova or a white dwarf?
The sun is neither a supernova nor a white dwarf. The sun is a main sequence star. A supernova is not a kind of star: it is the explosion of a massive star.
The explosion of a very massive star is called what?
well what you gotta do is go home a smoke weed
A what is produced when the outer core of a star explodes after the core collapses?
The process of the stellar explosion is called a "nova", or if powerful enough, a "supernova". The outer layers of gas are blown away into space, and this shell of fleeing gas is sometimes called a "supernova remnant", or more generally, a "nebula". For example, the Crab Nebula is the gas cloud left over after a supernova explosion which was brilliantly visible here on Earth in the year 1054.
Is a white dwarf capable of fusing elements?
Not normally. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star in which fusion has stopped. If, however, a white dwarf has a close binary companion star it can accrete gas from that companion. If enough gas collects on the white dwarf it can ignite a complex reaction change between the hydrogen gas and the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen of the surface. Unlike the steady fusion in a main sequence star, the fusion on a white dwarf is a runaway reaction that results in a massive explosion called a nova, which drives away the accreted gas and ends fusion. If the white dwarf is massive enough the accretion of gas can trigger carbon fusion inside the white dwarf, resulting in an even larger explosion called a type Ia supernova, which destroys the white dwarf.
What is an explosion seen when a white dwarf captures H from a companion star?
A nova is an explosion seen when a white dwarf star captues H from a companion star.
Is a super nova a giant explosion of energy?
no, its a massive compression of a star under its own gravity. it then turns into an extremely dense star called a red dwarf.
What causes a giant star to turn into a white dwarf?
A giant star would experience a supernova explosion, in order to become a white dwarf.
Is your sun a supernova or a white dwarf?
The sun is neither a supernova nor a white dwarf. The sun is a main sequence star. A supernova is not a kind of star: it is the explosion of a massive star.
What causes a nova explosion?
A nova explosion comes about of a white dwarf star has a neighbouring main sequence or aging star and is taking hydrogen and helium gas from that star. Over time, the gasses around the super dense white dwarf star build up and are compressed under the extreme gravity. Eventually the white dwarf star will ignite and explode in a runaway nuclear fusion reaction. Its different from a Super nova explosion.
The explosion of a very massive star is called what?
well what you gotta do is go home a smoke weed
A what is produced when the outer core of a star explodes after the core collapses?
The process of the stellar explosion is called a "nova", or if powerful enough, a "supernova". The outer layers of gas are blown away into space, and this shell of fleeing gas is sometimes called a "supernova remnant", or more generally, a "nebula". For example, the Crab Nebula is the gas cloud left over after a supernova explosion which was brilliantly visible here on Earth in the year 1054.
Is a white dwarf capable of fusing elements?
Not normally. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star in which fusion has stopped. If, however, a white dwarf has a close binary companion star it can accrete gas from that companion. If enough gas collects on the white dwarf it can ignite a complex reaction change between the hydrogen gas and the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen of the surface. Unlike the steady fusion in a main sequence star, the fusion on a white dwarf is a runaway reaction that results in a massive explosion called a nova, which drives away the accreted gas and ends fusion. If the white dwarf is massive enough the accretion of gas can trigger carbon fusion inside the white dwarf, resulting in an even larger explosion called a type Ia supernova, which destroys the white dwarf.
How are stars made with fusion reaction big bang giant nebula white dwarf and protostar?
white dwarf is an age that a star reaches but the big bang is an explosion of nuclear energy that makes a star
What is an old star that is cooling?
Such a star, would be called a "white dwarf" star.
What is the gigantic explosion of a red giant called?
Technically the explosion of a Red giant is not called a Supernova as the mass of the star is not great enough. However the explosion from a Red Super Giant can be called a supernova. A normal Red giant doesn't actually explode, the core just collapses again to cause a white dwarf and the outer layers are ejected to form planetary Nebulae.
What is a cold star?
It is called a Black Dwarf
