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Star

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Are huge spheres of very hot gas that emit light and other radiation.

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Light-year

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Is the distance that light travels in one year or 9.5x1015m.

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Red giant

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The star is red because its surface is cooler, but the core is hot enough to convert helium into carbon and oxygen.

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White dwarf

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No longer fuse elements ,so they slowly cool.star with a mass of 1.4solar masses or smaller will have a similar life cycle. Most stars in our galaxy will end as white dwarfs.

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Supernova

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Type 1 supernova occurs when a white dwarf in a binary system (a system composed of two stars) collects enough mass from its companion to exceed 1.4solar masses.

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Black hole

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If the leftover core has a mass that is greater than three solar masses, it will collapse to form an even stranger object a wormhole, which consists of matter so massive and compressed that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravity.

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