Sentences with phrase «violently as supernovae»

After shining for many millions of years, stars end their lives, mainly, in two ways: very high mass stars die very violently as supernovae, while low mass stars end as planetary nebulae.

Not exact matches

This calcium and other heavy elements could have been created in supernova explosions, and then incorporated into new stars, but the clusters as they are today are too small to keep hold of the material violently thrown out by supernovae.

A shock wave from that collapse will speed outward, violently expelling the star's outer layers in a massive explosion known as a supernova.

Astronomers know that while large stars can end their lives as violently cataclysmic supernovae, smaller stars end up as planetary nebulae — colourful, glowing clouds of dust and gas.

The supernova explosions that follow further whip up those shock waves, and then violently accelerate the material from previous supernovas as well.