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WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars
published by the Goddard Space Flight Center
This NASA site describes how stars live and die. It explains stellar life on the "main sequence" and includes links to four different ways a star can die. Images illustrate stellar birth and death.
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
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Astronomy
- Stars
= Stellar Evolution
- High School
- Reference Material
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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Access Rights: Free access
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Keywords: black hole, dwarf stars, stellar birth, stellar death, supernova
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 7, 2010 by Foha Rafiq
Record Updated: Aug 09, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 April 16, 2010
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(Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2010), WWW Document, (https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html).
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WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2010), <https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html>.
APA Format
WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars. (2010, April 16). Retrieved March 22, 2025, from Goddard Space Flight Center: https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
Chicago Format
Goddard Space Flight Center. WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, April 16, 2010. https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html (accessed 22 March 2025).
MLA Format
WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, 2010. 16 Apr. 2010. 22 Mar. 2025 <https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars}, Publisher = {Goddard Space Flight Center}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {22 March 2025}, Month = {April 16, 2010}, Year = {2010} }
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