WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ALL STARS HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS?? WHY?
2007-01-22 10:39:00 · 2 answers · asked by Eee 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
What do you mean by "same characteristics"? Same age? Same mass?
Our star, the sun, is a 3rd generation star about 4.7 billion years old. It does not have the mass to eventually go supernova, so will never contribute to an increase of heavy nucleus -- heavy here means anything beyond helium -- in the cosmic gas that will seed the next generation of stars. If all the stars always had a mass like that of the sun since the beginning, then there would not be the heavier nucleus needed to make a planet to live on, thee would not be iron for your blood hemoglobin, there would be no calcium for your bones, and so on.
On the other hand, if all the stars were always heavy stars, those being short lived, there might be planets of rocks being formed, but never enough time for life to develop before the star goes supernova.
Was this what you are after?
2007-01-22 10:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Order. perfection.
2007-01-25 17:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by Rick K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋