How Do Stars Actually Die?

Stars are like giant, burning balls of gas. They shine because they're constantly burning fuel inside them. When they run out of fuel, they die in different ways depending on how big they were. Small stars quietly turn into white dwarfs, while bigger ones explode into brilliant supernovas.

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A small star like our Sun will slowly shrink into a white dwarf after it expands as a red giant.
A big star might blow up in a huge explosion called a supernova, lighting up the night sky.
After the death of a massive star, what’s left could be a neutron star or even a black hole.

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