Most stars on the main sequence are relatively average: not too big and not too small. But every so often, a star begins its life as an absolute monster: a supergiant. These supergiants do join the main sequence, but due to the sheer amount of gravitational force and pressure, they burn through the hydrogen in
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Believe it or not, supernovas have been known to humans for thousands of years. That’s not to say that ancient civilizations knew exactly what was happening when they saw them, but they were witnesses to some of the most powerful events in our universe. When certain stars reach the end of their lifetime, they explode
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Did you know that stars live and die just like other living things?…Okay, maybe not just like them. But they do have a beginning, middle, and end. All stars start out the same way, from a nebula. A nebula, otherwise known as a “star nursery”, is a cloud of gas and dust out in space. Nebulae
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Iron makes up less than one one-hundredth of one percent of the human body. Most adults contain just a few grams of this micronutrient. Despite its small presence in humans, it’s essential to our lives. Without it, oxygen can’t get from the lungs to the rest of the body. Iron also plays a key role
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