Stars don’t just fade away, they explode! Imagine a giant balloon that keeps getting bigger and bigger until it can’t hold any more air. Then boom! It explodes, and all the stuff inside is scattered everywhere. That’s kind of what happens to some stars when they die. Big ones go supernova, which means they explode in a really bright flash, sending out pieces of themselves into space.
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- A star like our Sun will slowly shrink and become a white dwarf.
- A big star might explode in a bright flash, sending pieces of itself into space.
- After the explosion, those pieces can help form new stars or planets.
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See also
- How Do Stars Die and What Happens to Their Remains?
- How Do Stars Actually Die?
- How Do Stars Die and What Becomes of Them?
- How Do Stars Die and Give Birth to New Ones?
- How Do Stars Die and What Happens Then?
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