Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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Overview
  • Our galaxy, the Milky Way
  • Star birth—from molecules to main sequence
  • Our stable Sun – a nuclear power plant
  • When oceans boil
  • A helium fusing star
  • Sun’s amazing end
  • Massive stars party hard and die spectacularly (and end up weird)
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Mass > 6 solar masses
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