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jrubin

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Why are less massive stars thought to age more slowly than more massive stars despite the fact they have much less fuel?
 
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List the steps thought to be involved in the evolution of Sun-like stars.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Hot, massive blue stars radiate energy at such an enormous rate that they substantially deplete their hydrogen fuel much more quickly than smaller main sequence stars. You could compare them to cars. A Hummer uses up its enormous fuel reservoir very quickly, whereas a Smart car uses up its comparably tiny fuel reservoir very slowly.

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Cloud of dust and gas (nebula)  protostar  main sequence star  red giant  planetary nebula  white dwarf.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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