Pictures for life death of solar system

Nebulas

Nebula

• A cloud of dust and gas• Mostly hydrogen and helium gas, 2%

heavier particles• Dark (dust) and light (gas)• Irregularly shaped, dust and gas moving

around• Because particles have small amount of

mass there is only a weak gravitational force exerted between them

Stellar Events

A stellar event

• A nearby supernova

• Collision with another nebula

• Collision between parts of nebula

• Provide the force needed to push a large amount of dust and gas towards each other, increasing force of gravity between particles

Nebula Contraction

Nebula contraction, rotation

• Force of gravity increases further as:– Distance between objects decrease– Mass of the objects get larger

• As mass is condensed in space, it begins to rotate

• The greater the contraction, the greater the spin

• Shape of nebula becomes more round

Proto-star

Protostar

• More matter condenses towards the center of proto-star and surrounding disc

• The gravitational forces between particles increases

• Pressure builds within the dense cloud

• Temperature rise, making particles more active, converting gas into plasma

Formation of planets

Formation of planets

• The disc surrounding the Protostar begins to form a number of precursor planets which begin to capture and collide with all nearby surrounding fragments and dust.

• This act of building a stellar body is called accretion

• The disc begins to form slightly after the start of protostar construction

Main sequence star

Main sequence star

• At some point a critical amount Pressure and energy is reached inside the Protostar, which initiates nuclear fusion between hydrogen atoms

• A lot of energy is released as a result of fusion as light and other electromagnetic radiation is released . The sun lights up for the first time

• The star will stay in this stage until the main fuel for fusion (hydrogen) is almost completely used up.

• Outward pressure from fusion balances gravitational pressure and produces a stable star

• The star exists for 80% of its life in this stage

Red Giant

• Occurs when almost all hydrogen has been converted to helium

• Helium begin to fuse into carbon in sun’s core, while remaining hydrogen continues to fuse

• Result: expansion of star’s gas shell, with gases cooling as they move away from center- change in size and color

• When our sun goes through this stage, it will swallow up Mercury and burn every thing on the surface of Venus and the Earth

• Lasts until there is no more helium remains to fuse into carbon

Planetary Nebula

Planetary nebula

• The star runs out of major sources of energy

• Without a energy source the star loses outward pressure, begins to collapse inward

• The outer gas ring is no longer pulled by gravity towards the retracting center of the star, continues outward into space

• For a time hot core illuminates expanding gas ring( planetary nebula) as is passes the planets

Supernova

Supernova

• Depending its original size, the remains of the final collapse of the stars may trigger one last explosion

• The star must be much larger than our sun• As the star collapses pressures within it get incredibly

high and new elements are made• New elements are made in the explosion• As a result of the explosion, material and energy is flung

out at the speed of light in all directions• Material spreads to nearby nebulas, which may start to

the life cycle of a star there because of the forces created by energy emitted from the supernova

White Dwarf

White dwarf

• Those dying stars that are not large enough to go supernova, form a white dwarf

• Final size is much smaller than the original, some no larger than the earth

• Very dense• Still emitting energy from release of heat,

electromagnetic radiation (looks white and shiny)

Black Dwarf

Black Dwarf

• Final death stage of smaller stars

• The remnants of the collapsed star with no energy left

• Does not emit light, providing its lack of color

• What do you think is meant by a red dwarf in space?

Suns come in different sizes

• Depends on the size of the original nebula or amount of material

• The larger the sun, the smaller its life span (rate at which fuel is used)– Yellow stars like our sun, live about 10 billion

years– Large ones, only a couple of hundred million

years or less

Our sun is an average size

• Smaller stars are more common

• Red Dwarfs have no more than 40% of the mass of our sun

• Small stars can live for very long, possibly up to a trillion years

• Not a stage of the lifecycle, but a class of star

Star color

• Strong indication of the surface temperature of the star

• Blue is hottest

• White

• Yellow is medium

• Orange

• Red means lower temps

Star classification

• Russell-Hertzsprung diagram

• Classified by color, brightness (luminosity)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HRDiagram.png

The fate of Big Stars

• Explode

• Core collapses to a neutron star or a black hole

• Bigger the core, more likely it makes a hole

• Holes are made because there is no opposing force to gravity

Neutron stars• Some stars more massive than the sun, explodes in a

supernova, but leave behind a ultra dense remnant called a neutron star.

• The force of gravity can not break the neutrons down any further

• Remnant is composed only of neutrons squeezed together

• 1 sugar cube of a neutron star has the same weight as 1000 battleships

Big Bang

• Start of the present version of the universe• Occurred 15 billion years ago• 300,000 years from start of BB, first atoms

appear• 1 billion years after BB, first protogalaxies/stars

form (quasars)• Astronomers have located Quasars that are 12

billion lights-years away

Galaxy

• Galaxy: Large scale groups of stars that rotate about a common axis

• Average galaxy is 100,000 light years across and contains 100 billion stars

• Astronomers estimate there are between 50 billion and 1 trillion galaxies in existence

• More stars than grains of sand on all beaches on Earth

Milky way

Milky way

Our galaxy’s name is

• The Milky Way

• 2000 light years thick

• Our sun is located about 30,000 light-years from the center

• Rotating, 1 cycle every 200 million years

Quasars

• Some of the first objects formed after the big-bang.

• Quasi-stellar radio source

• Most distant objects observed from earth

• Move at 90% speed of light

• Star like in size, bizarre in action

• Might be the protogalaxies

What is meant by fusion?

Fusion

• Combining 2 or more nuclei together to create a large atom.

• Also called nucleosynthesis

• Requires heat higher than 18 million degrees F or 10 million degrees C

Where can atoms of elements be created?

Answer

• Supernovas: All natural elements

• Big suns that do not go POP: all elements up to Iron (AT# 26)

• Suns like ours can make elements up through Carbon (At# 6)

• Tiny suns only Helium

Does life exist outside the Earth

• Limitations

Features of our planet that has allowed life like us to develop

• Benefits

What is the chance of intelligent life existing outside of Earth?

• Limitations

What is the chance that we will meet them?

• Limitations

Assignments

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