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WCDT strips 4371-4375 (Oct 12th to Oct 16th 2020)

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sitnspin:
"Waste product" is an inaccurate description. Stars fuse hydrogen until they run out of it, then they start fusing helium, and then heavier and heavier elements until they get to iron. After that they explode. Or collapse, it they are massive enough.

zmeiat_joro:

--- Quote from: chris73 on 15 Oct 2020, 05:53 ---Maybe Yay could help out Marten sometime

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I think Yay and Marten are quite alike.

Mr_Rose:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 15 Oct 2020, 12:04 ---"Waste product" is an inaccurate description. Stars fuse hydrogen until they run out of it, then they start fusing helium, and then heavier and heavier elements until they get to iron. After that they explode. Or collapse, it they are massive enough.

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Only little stars ‘just’ collapse. The really big ones explode and collapse at once. Or collapse so fast they ‘bounce’ hard enough to count as an explosion too, it’s not 100% clear.

Gnabberwocky:
The theory that I've heard is that once the core has become iron, the bigger stars collapse at roughly a quarter the speed of light. The outer part of the star slams into the iron core and bounces off, creating a shockwave and a spray of matter (that's a supernova). So there's no actual explosion, just an implosion and a bounce.

chris73:

--- Quote ---I think Yay and Marten are quite alike.

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In what way?

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