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STAR
FORMA
TION
AND
EVOLU
TION
GROUP 3 (A&D-11A
STAR
FORMATIO
N THEORY
collapses, the
fragments
PROTOSTAR
contract
to
form stellar
large amount of
energy.
The star
explosion is
O
called
N
R
E
P
SU
VA
interstellar medium(ISM)
is the matter that exists in
the space between the star
systems in a galaxy. This
matter includes gas in ionic,
atomic, and molecular form,
INFRARE
D
ASTRONOMERS
MEASURE
THE IR
(IR)
RADIATI
A FORM OF ENERGY
RELEASED
BY A
DETECTED FROM
PROTOSTAR
AND
DIFFERENT
STAGES OF
ON
COMPARE
IT TO
STAR FORMATION.
THE IR FROM A
NEARBY AREA
WITH ZERO
EXTINCTION.
(IN
ASTRONOMY)
EXTINCTION
core
FUSION
LOW
MASS STAR
IN CORE
DECREASE
CONVERTE
> CARBON
FUSION
S
> OUTER MATERIAL
D INTO
NOT OCCUR
WILL
BLOWN OFF
INHAS ENOUGH
CARBON
A MASSIVE
STAR
THE SPACE MASSWHITE
SUCHDWARF
THAT
THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS IS THE HOT AND
TEMPERATURE
AND
INERT CARBON
CORE
PRESSURE INCREASE TO A
SERI
ES O
F
POINT WHERE CARBON
STAG
ES
HEAVIER ELEMENTS
ARE
FUSE
FUSION
OCCUR.
IN THE CORE AND IN THE
SHELLS
AROUND
THE
CORE.
STAR
CARBON - OXYGEN
OXYGEN - NEON
NEON - MAGNESIU
MAGNESIUM - SILIC
SILICON - IRON
THE STAR BECOMES
A
MULTIPLESHELL
RED GIANT
MASSIVE
STAR
LOW-MASS
STAR
BORN
LIVE
DIE
K
E
y
P
O
I
N
T
S
a
stellar
core
formed
formed within the stars.
when the fragments of a
collapsed molecular cloud
Maincontract
Sequence Star formed when
gravitational equilibrium is reached
during the hydrogen fusion in a
protostar.
Red Giant a star that has use up its
hydrogen supply in the core and
switches into the thermonuclear
fusion of hydrogen in the shell
surrounding the core.