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HighMassStarsandSupernovaExplosions

Highmassstarsarealotmoreviolentthatlowmassstarsare.Theirmassisgreaterthe
eighttimesthemassofthesun.Sincehighmassstarshavesomuchmass,hydrogenfusionisa
lotmoreefficientwhichmeanstheprocessismuchfasterthanalowmassstarshydrogenfusion
process.Also,atsomepointhydrogenhastherunoutwhichjustleavestheheliuminthecore
andashellofhydrogenaroundthat.ThisiscalledHydrogenShellFusion.Hydrogenrnsoutin
thecoresogravitystartstowin,itstartstoshrinkwhichmakesthestarhotter.Becauseofthat,
theshellofhydrogenaroundtheheliumcorestartstofuseintomoreheliumwhichcausesitto
expand,makeaRedGiant.
But,whathappenstotheheliumcore?Itstartstoactuallygothroughfusionintocarbon.
Carboncanthenfusetooxygenandthestarultimatelywantstotakeontryingtofuseiron.But,
ironistheelementthatstandsinbetweenfusionandfissionandcannotcompleteeitherofthose
acts.SowhenastaristryingtofuseIronitgetsitselfintotroubleandbecomesveryviolentlike
mentionedearlier.
Thewayahighmassstardiesisthroughasupernovaexplosion.Moststarsgothrough
theCoreCollapseorType2Supernova.Thisisjustwhenthetemperaturerisessomuchfrom
howmassivethestarisandhowmuchfusingthestarisgoingthroughthatthestarexplodes.
Supernovaexplosionscanshineasbrightasanentiregalaxycombinedforseveraldays.
(powerpoint)Supernovaexplosionsareverydangerousbutveryimportant.Theyaresopowerful
inthewaythattheycreateelementsheavierthanIronwhichishowwehaveheavyelementson
theearth.

Myopiniononhighmassstarsisthattheyareveryviolentandscarybuttheyaresovery
fascinatingandimportantforus.Highmassstarscangothroughsomanyshellsoffusionbefore
itexplodesandthatissoamazing!

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