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.
The Life of a Star: 12 Billion Years in Six Minutes
Support Open Culture
We’re hoping to rely on our loyal readers rather than erratic ads. To support Open Culture’s educational mission, please consider making a donation. We accept PayPal, Venmo (@openculture), Patreon and Crypto! Please find all options here. We thank you! 
Support Us
We're hoping to rely on loyal readers, rather than erratic ads. Please click the Donate button and support Open Culture. You can use Paypal, Venmo, Patreon, even Crypto! We thank you!
Receive our Daily Email
About Us
Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media. We find the free courses and audio books you need, the language lessons & educational videos you want, and plenty of enlightenment in between.
Advertise With Us
©2006-2023 Open Culture, LLC.
All rights reserved.
Open Culture was founded by Dan Colman.
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.
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.
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.