https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h When stars just can't even en-us 2018-10-09 20:24:39 UTC 2025-12-11 18:39:54 UTC hello@padlet.com cblatt88 https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/290998970 Regardless of a star's mass, it will eventually stop its hydrogen fusion and be comprised entirely helium. The star will begin to expand and grow in size exponentially. Our sun will eventually get so large that it will engulf the inner planets (Mercury to Mars). 

A red super giant will grow even larger, and these are the result of a high mass star ending its hydrogen fusion. If a red super giant were to replace our sun, its edge could potentially reach Jupiter (approximately 800,000,000 miles across!).

Strangely enough, even though these stars increase their volume (grow in size), their mass does not change!]]> 2018-10-09 20:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/290998970 cblatt88 https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291001792 2018-10-09 20:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291001792 cblatt88 https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291001941 2018-10-09 20:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291001941 cblatt88 https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291003062 A great deal of the time, stars are found in binary systems. This means two stars are orbiting each other within their own gravitational pulls. Among the most common binary systems are red giants and white dwarf stars. Even though a white dwarf is roughly the size of Earth, its gravity is so strong that it pulls matter from a red giant and surrounds itself with something called an accretion disc.]]> 2018-10-09 20:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291003062 cblatt88 https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291005355 Notice the comparison in size between our sun and a red giant. The volume (size) changes, but the mass between the two stays the same.]]> 2018-10-09 21:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cblatt88/7hpzstxu4m9h/wish/291005355