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

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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  • Hoagy Kartofel says:

    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.

  • Cactus says:

    This is a scam. 15 zsecond add to get not the 6 min clip, I got 45 seconds, then another 30 second ad.

    And to think I almost shut the page down on the first ad.

  • Pee Benson says:

    This is a scam. 15 second add to get not the 6 min clip, I got 45 seconds, then another 30 second ad.

    And to think I almost shut the page down on the first ad.

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