Interactive Simulator · Life Cycle of a Star

Live a Star's Life

Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust, shine steadily for a long time, then change dramatically near the end. What happens at the end depends on the star's mass. Choose a low-mass star like the Sun or a high-mass giant, then step through its life.

Star mass:
Mission Take this low-mass star to its red giant stage. Round 1Streak 0Best 0
Compared with the target stage, you are:
current stagenebula
target stagered giant
final fate of this starwhite dwarf
Nebula, protostar, main sequence, then the path set by the star's mass.