The Life of a Star: 12 Billion Years in Six Minutes

in Science, Video - Science | December 29th, 2008 1 Comment

Voila, the birth, life and death of a G-type star, like our Sun. 12 billion years boiled down to six simple minutes. We’ve added it to our YouTube Favorites.


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  1. Hoagy Kartofel says . . . | December 30, 2008 / 6:34 am

    Alas, many of the colors shown here are not “visual” but “representational.” In other words, this is NOT what you would “see” if you could witness these events. A disclaimer may have been in order.

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