What causes a massive star to explode?
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A star can't shine on its own, so in order to shine and theoretically prevent its mass from collapsing, it fuses elements.
A star first fuses hydrogen, then helium, and so on. However, when it reaches iron, it no longer produces anything, which implies that the star can no longer support itself and collapses.
This collapse is incredibly large in massive stars, and because of this, the massive star explodes, releasing its star core everywhere in the form of a supernova, leaving behind a black hole or neutron star.
There wouldn't be a supernova, or explosion in this case, if the star was less massive.
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Depletion of nuclear fuel in the core of a massive star causes an imbalance between radiation pressure and gravity, which leads to a violent rebound and rapid collapse that culminates in a supernova.
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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
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