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    What is the difference between a neutron star, a white dwarf, a brown dwarf, a red giant, a supernova?

    Question #57273. Asked by UT-7.

    peasypod

    Ok, I'll try and put this in simple terms...A Neutron star is made up entirely (almost) of neutrons, containing roughly or as much mass as our Sun but packed into a sphere only about 10km across.

    A white dwarf is what is produced when a low to medium mass star dies. They become red-giants during their helium-burning process after-which they shed their outer layers and become planetary nebulas. When its degeneracy pressure is exceeded the limit to which it cannot support this mass it may explode into a supernova. Now, a neutron star (as mentioned before), is the remnants of a supernova explosion. As for a brown dwarf they are failed stars that never heated up enough to explode into a normal star.


    Here's it all in a more scientific manner..
    http://www.geocities.com/tonylance/dwarf.html




    May 17 05, 10:59 PM
    bookaddict

    yah, there different stages that a star may take in it's lifetime. This is coming my science classroom which i am currently in.

    May 18 05, 11:49 AM

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