https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk Made with a warm hug en-us 2019-02-06 20:56:48 UTC 2019-02-06 22:34:54 UTC hello@padlet.com gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328497815 The outer shell of the Red Giant ejects (shoots out) gases as the star is in the last part of its Red Giant stage]]> 2019-02-06 20:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328497815 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328497932 Gravity puts huge pressure on the ball of gas as it spins.  This causes the temperature to increase and gases to start shooting out.]]> 2019-02-06 20:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328497932 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328502961 Gravity puts huge pressure on the ball of gas as it spins.  This causes the temperature to increase and gases to start shooting out.]]> 2019-02-06 21:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328502961 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328898688 Hydrogen fuses and becomes helium.  This happens for billions of years, sending light and heat out of the star.]]> 2019-02-07 18:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328898688 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328899107 Hydrogen fuses and becomes helium.  This happens for millions of years, sending light and heat out of the star.]]> 2019-02-07 18:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328899107 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328900736 Helium gases are almost all used and the star begins forming iron at the core.  The star’s core is extremely hot and the star is expanding outward.]]> 2019-02-07 18:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328900736 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901000 the iron core of the star is so heavy that the gravitational force causes the core to collapse and the star to explode.  The heaviest elements are made by the fusion that occurs during the explosion and these elements are spread through the universe.]]> 2019-02-07 18:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901000 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901207 The core of the star is pressurized carbon; possibly a giant diamond.  The star is the size of Earth.]]> 2019-02-07 18:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901207 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901555 A place in space where gravity is so large, even light cannot escape.  It happens because the core of the star is squeezed into a tiny place.]]> 2019-02-07 18:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901555 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901700 Hydrogen gases are almost all used and the star begins forming other elements including carbon.  The star expands outward while the carbon core is squeezed by gravity.  The outside is cool but the inside hot.]]> 2019-02-07 18:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901700 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901858 Gases (mostly hydrogen) and dust begin spinning around together forming a ball.]]> 2019-02-07 18:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328901858 gc27228 https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328902082 The core of a star after an explosion.  The core is so dense that a sugar cube (1 cm3) sized piece would have a mass as much as Mount Everest. ]]> 2019-02-07 18:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gc27228/dlcqan04e8fk/wish/328902082