The Life and Death of Stars White Dwarfs Supernovae Neutron Stars and Black Holes

The Life and Death of Stars White Dwarfs Supernovae Neutron Stars and Black Holes

We’ve learned how stars form, and we’ve gone over some different types of stars, like main sequence stars, red giants, and white dwarfs. But a star will move between these categories over its lifetime. How does that happen, exactly? And what is leftover when a star dies? A white dwarf? A neutron star? A black hole? What are these objects? Let’s answer all of these questions and more by analyzing the life cycle of a few different star types!