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Last Post 10/22/2008 12:52 PM by  Kris Sigsbee
The Sun as a Star
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10/22/2008 12:21 PM

    Eric Sanchez of Mountain View Middle School in Alamogordo, New Mexico would like to know if the sun will eventually explode into a super nova. If it will, will it become a black dwarf or a black hole?


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    10/22/2008 12:52 PM

    Hi Eric,

    From what I can remember about stellar evolution, a relatively small star like our Sun just does not have enough mass to explode into a supernova or collapse into a black hole. It is more likely that our Sun will end its lifetime as a white dwarf.

    Kris

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