The lives of stars
Title:
The lives of stars
Author:
Croswell, Ken.
ISBN:
9781590785829
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
72 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The lives of stars -- Star light, star bright -- The birthplace of stars -- A star is born -- The H-R diagram -- Main-sequence stars -- Brown dwarfs -- Red giants -- Planetary nebulae -- White dwarfs -- Supergiants and supernovae -- Cepheids -- Neutron stars and pulsars -- Black holes -- Double stars -- Type Ia supernovae -- Star clusters -- Nucleosynthesis -- Extrasolar planets -- Life in space?
Abstract:
Presents information about the life cycle of the stars, describing how they are formed, the characteristics of such phenomena as red giants, white dwarfs, supernovae, star clusters, and black holes, and the possibility of life in outer space.
