Astronomy › Section Q · The death of stars › Topic Q.1
The death of low-mass stars
Most stars, the Sun among them, do not explode. They end as white dwarfs: Earth-sized embers held up by a strange quantum pressure, cooling quietly for longer than the universe has yet existed.
In this topic
- Which stars die quietly?
- A core with no fuel left
- Degenerate electrons
- White dwarfs
- Worked example: how dense is a white dwarf?
- Heavier means smaller
- Worked example: how much mass did it lose?
- Cooling into darkness
- The Sun's last stage
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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