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Nov 2009
46m 51s

Lecture 32: The Lives of Stars

Richard Pogge
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Why do stars shine? How long do they shine? This lecture describes the physics of stars on the main sequence, describes the mass-luminosity relation of main sequence stars, introduces nuclear fusion power and the nuclear fusion lifetimes of stars. From this we gain an important insight into one of the criteria we might apply to the search for life around ... Show More
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