Pauli exclusion principle
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Why Neutron Stars Should Exist
Above is a theoretical rendering of a white dwarf, the collapsed husk of a low-mass or medium-mass star. Interestingly enough, these strange cosmic objects — which begin their existence as intensely hot balls of carbon the size of the Earth…
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What are White Dwarfs?
Now that we’re finally talking about white dwarfs, we’re getting into the really cool stuff. In my last post, we explored planetary nebulae, and we left off with a question: where does the fast wind that forms planetary nebulae come…
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What Happens in an Expanding Star’s Core?
Depending on their mass, stars can remain stable for millions and even billions of years. The most massive stars live for “only” about 10 million years, but models predict that the least massive live for much longer — longer than…
