Look Up: Burn bright and die young — the lives of stars
“Cosmic Cliffs,” a nursery for young stars in the Carina Nebula (NGC 3324) taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). This nebula lies 7500 ly distant and contains many stars several times the size of the Sun. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
By Ken Corey
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” Ken Corey helps us understand the life and death of stars… like our Sun.
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