TYPES OF STARS

SILVIA HERNANSANZMARIA LUZ MARTINNURIA DE SANTOS

BHC2

THE STAR ARE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME, BIG BALLS OF GAS BURNING UP TO BILLIONS OF

LIGHT YEARS AWAY

THERE ARE MILLION OF TYPES OF STAR THAT WE LEARN FROM THE UNIVERSE EXPLORATIONS

PROTOSTAR

THE PROTOSTAR IS A COLLECTION OF GAS THAT

HAS COLLAPSED DOWN FROM A GIANT MOLECULAR

CLOUD.

T Tauri Star

T TAURI STARS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE AT THEIR

CORES TO GENERATE NUCLEAR FUSION

MAIN SEQUENCE STAR

RED GIANT STAR

STARS IN THE MAIN SEQUENCE WILL HAVE A SIZE THAT DEPENDS ON THEIR MASS, WHICH DEFINES

THE AMOUNT OF GRAVITY

THE RED GIANT PHASE OF A STAR’S LIFE WILL ONLY LAST A

FEW HUNDRED MILLION YEARS BEFORE IT RUNS OUT OF FUEL

COMPLETELY

WHITE DWARF STAR

RED DWARF STAR

A WHITE DWARF SHINES BECAUSE IT WAS A HOT STAR ONCE, BUT

THERE’S NO FUSION REACTIONS HAPPENING ANY MORE.

A RED DWARF STAR IS A SMALL RED STAR. THESE STARS ARE AMONG THE

SMALLEST STARS.

NEUTRON STARS BLACK HOLES

A NEUTRON STAR IS A TYPE OF REMAINS STELAR, IT RESULT OF THE

COLLAPSE OF A SUPERGIGANTIC STAR. THIS STAR IS COMPOSED OF

NEUTRON

A BLACK HOLES IS A HOLES FORMED BY THE COLLAPSE

OF A STAR AT THE END OF ITS LIFE.

SUPERGIANT STARS

A SUPERGIGANTIC STAR IS THE MOST LUMINOUS BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF ENERGY BUT ITS LIFE IS

SHORT AND IT EXPLODES AT THE END.