Life of a Star: 12 billion years in 6 minutes

The lifecycle of a G-type star, like The Sun.

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Soundtrack: FC Kahuna - Hayling

Category:

Education

Tags:

• star
• sun
• lifecycle
• molecular
• cloud
• accretion
• heliosphere
• mass
• loss
• red
• giant
• helium
• flash
• planetary
• nebula
• white
• dwarf

[daniel58041]

this video didn't explain shit, but watched the whole thing cause the music was cool.

[jonjon2034]

AMAZING song.. totally makes this a hit.

[ArabBro14]

1:47.. tin foil balls?

[Stericify]

@madhammy09 That's making the assumption that matter and energy were created. As far as we know, that's impossible (with limited exceptions such as the Uncertainty Principle). So the only other explanation is that matter and energy have always existed. The Big Bang Theory provides an explanation as to how our Universe got to where it is today, but doesn't explain how matter and energy were created or what happened before the gravitational singularity that the big bang theory predicts happened.

[DefLeppardFann]

Like Madhammy09 said, it makes you think. The fact that nothing in modern science explains the beginning of the beginning of the beginning is overwhelming. >_< What triggered the first ever reaction, and what caused that to be? And why? And what was before that? People could and have gone crazy over this..

[thepooppower]

Stars come together from random materials out in space or clouds Nebulae, they just pop into place by themselves by the force of gravity, many deny that its possible for life to come together like this, If stars do this as they are a very special thing of existence why shouldn't complex organisms as they are a very special thing of the universe as well, form itself by the whim of the universal forces? Some are Atheist, but some are Theist, But few are Aware that the truth lays in the Middle...

[pmgodfrey]

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this since 2008...it's still awesome.

[Slaterking2010]

@cheesebowls yer mine. I dont get ads.

[sygnator33]

BEST VIDEO EVER

[ghostmakermice]

perfect soundtrack for this

[messin1000]

@madhammy09 the universe is such a great expanse no one truly knows where it all came from but the big bang theory seems like the best guess. I think that are universe was created when 2 or more universes colided.