Roll on, ye stars! exult in youthful prime, Mark with bright curves the printless steps of time. . . . Flowers of the sky! ye too to age must yield, Frail as your silken sisters of the field.
Erasmus Darwin
Questions to Explore:
Why do stars evolve?
What can be learned about stellar evolution
by studying H-R diagrams?
In what ways are all main sequence stars
alike and in what ways are they different?
What happens to a star when it finishes the
main sequence part of its evolution?
Why do some stars pulsate?
How do stars make heavy elements?
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