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... lifetime depends almost entirely on its mass. A star like the Sun will live for about 10 billion years. A star with five times the mass of the Sun will only last ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

... to five billion years than about any potential black holes forming nearby For a collapsing star to form a black hole, it has to exceed the Sun's mass by at least eight to ten solar masses. The end of life for such stars will be supernova blasts which will end in a black hole only if the remnant stellar core exceeds three solar masses And remember that once this star collapses to form a black hole, its effect on the matter around it will be ...

... an end. But the good news is that the Sun is a very stable, small star that has existed for a long time and allowed life to gain a foothold on ... have plenty of time to figure out ways of journeying out to visit the distant stars to improve our chances for survival. ---- Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

Astronomers estimate that there are a few hundred billion stars in our galaxy and that there may be a similar number of galaxies in the ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

... in a variety of colors, based on their surface temperatures. The coolest stars are red and the hottest are bluish-white to the eye. In between you will ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

... very hot, with temperatures measured in thousands of degrees. Even the coolest stars are very hot by human standards. Temperatures range from about 3,600° F to ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

... is so close. Only during the night do we see the faint light from other stars that are very far away. ---- Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

No, the stars are still so far away that they are just points of light, so we don' ... get a three-dimensional view of them. Only if we could fly close to another star would it look bigger. ---- Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

Stars definitely move through space. Over time the constellations do change but it takes a very ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

... a galaxy can rival the brightness of all of the other stars in the galaxy for a short period of time. ---- Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph. ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - STARS

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