Friday, May 31, 2013

Astronomers' findings challenge theory on how stars' lives end | ummid.com

Astronomers' findings challenge theory on how stars' lives end | ummid.com
"The way in which stars evolve and end their lives was for many years considered to be well understood. Detailed computer models predicted that stars of a similar mass to the Sun would have a period toward the ends of their lives - called the asymptotic giant branch, or AGB - when they undergo a final burst of nuclear burning and puff off a lot of their mass in the form of gas and dust," the ESO said.