The Life and Death of Stars

Gain a better understanding of these spectacular celestial bodies in this enthralling course which features dazzling imagery from Hubble, informative graphics, and animations.

• By This Professor
• 01: Why the Stellar Life Cycle Matters
• 02: The Stars' Information Messenger
• 03: Measuring the Stars with Light
• 04: Stellar Nurseries
• 05: Gravitational Collapse and Protostars
• 06: The Dynamics of Star Formation
• 07: Solar Systems in the Making
• 08: Telescopes-Our Eyes on the Stars
• 09: Mass-The DNA of Stars
• 10: Eclipses of Stars-Truth in the Shadows
• 11: Stellar Families
• 12: A Portrait of Our Star, the Sun
• 13: E = mc2-Energy for a Star's Life
• 14: Stars in Middle Age
• 15: Stellar Death
• 16: Stellar Corpses-Diamonds in the Sky
• 17: Dying Breaths-Cepheids and Supernovae
• 18: Supernova Remnants and Galactic Geysers
• 19: Stillborn Stars
• 20: The Dark Mystery of the First Stars
• 21: Stars as Magnets
• 22: Solar Storms-The Perils of Life with a Star
• 23: The Stellar Recipe of Life
• 24: A Tale of Two Stars