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Life and Death of a Planetary System eBook

Title "Life and Death of a Planetary System" justified on the top middle and overtop a lava pit with a cloudy, grey sky
The title page to the Life and Death of a Planetary System eBook
NASA
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Article/Informative Text
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.3 - Our Sun, like all stars, has a life cycle.
NGSS
  • PS1 - Matter and its Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Solar System
  • Stellar Evolution
  • Nuclear Fusion
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

An eBook exploring the life cycle of the Sun and other types of stars. This media-rich resource is full of NASA data and imagery, and examines everything from stars are born out of the collapse of a cloud of interstellar gas and dust to the different varieties of stars in the universe to what becomes of stars when they die.

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