Life Cycle Of An Average Star at Life

Life Cycle Of An Average Star. A few grains of dust collect a few more, then a few more, then more still. Red giant the forth stage in a low mass star's life, after the star has used up all it's hydrogen, it starts to cool and expand in an effort to start fusing helium atoms.

Beauty aside, there are fascinating underlying reasons why stars have different colors in the night sky. Smaller stars use up fuel more slowly so will shine for several billion years. Stars of a similar mass to that of our sun all have a similar life cycle.

Liatris ligulistylis (Northern Plains Blazing Star

Stars do not live forever. A really old star that has used up it's store of hydrogen fuel. A massive star will undergo a supernova explosion. The 7 main spectral types of stars: