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To: ETL
How can some stars only last a few millions of years, but many stars last many billions of years?

Depends on their mass. High mass stars burn "blue hot". Our sun is a yellow, much cooler star.

Probably should add that hotter stars burn through their fuel faster than cooler stars so the cooler stars are around alot longer than the hotter ones.

18 posted on 11/05/2018 8:37:58 AM PST by plsvn
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To: plsvn; ProtectOurFreedom
Probably should add that hotter stars burn through their fuel faster than cooler stars so the cooler stars are around alot longer than the hotter ones.

Yes. Was thinking it as I typed but forgot to incude it. Thanks.

25 posted on 11/05/2018 8:55:41 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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