Stars+-+LIfe+Cycle

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===A stars life cycle has many different steps. Its cycle is determined by its mass. The cycle starts by a supernova occuring. Then, a nuclear fusion occurs, which causes the star to glow. If it is a massive star, a neatron star forms and if it is a super massive star, a black hole forms. After it forms, gravity pulls hydrogen gas together to form a cloud. Iron, which acts as an energy sponge, forms within a star. After that, a red giant forms when the stars hydrogen level drops, than the main sequence star, which can live for millions or even billions of years, forms. Most dying stars will become red giants, than white dwarfs. At the end of its life, a very massive star will run out of fuel and explode as a supernova, and thats a stars cycle! The sun is one of the 200 billions of stars. It can be seen with the naked eye, like every other star in the Milky Way.===
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 * What is your topic? Stars**
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 * A star's life cycle is determined by its mass.
 * A supernova occurs.
 * Nuclear fusion occurs which causes the star to glow.
 * If it is a massive star, a neutron star forms. If it is a super massive star, a black hole forms.
 * Gravity pulls hydrogen gas together to form a cloud.
 * Iron, which acts as an energy sponge, forms within the star.
 * A red giant forms when the star's hydrogen level drops.
 * A main sequence star, which can live for millions or even billions of years, forms.


 * Our sun is one of more than 200 billion stars in the milky way galaxy. Every indavidual star that you can see with the naked eye is in the Milky Way!
 * Most dying stars, including our sun, will become red giants, than white dwarfs.
 * At the end of its life, a very massive star will run out of fuel and explode as a supernova.
 * A variable star changes brightness by about 1 magnitude in tens of minutes.