The Life Of A Star
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The Life of Star Space may seem empty, but actually it is filled with thinly spread gas and dust. This gas and dust is called interstellar medium. The atoms of gas are mostly hydrogen which is H2, and the gas atoms are typically about a centimeter apart. The dust is mostly microscopic grains and combines only a few percent of the matter between stars. The dust is mostly carbon and silicon. In some places, this interstellar medium is collected into a big cloud of dust and gas known as a nebula. This is the birthplace of stars because the gas and dust is what makes up a star. Small Stars: Stage 1- Stars are born in a region of high density which is located within the Nebula, and condenses into a huge sphere-like shape of gas and dust and contracts under its own gravity within a central pull. Stage 2 - A...

