May Maunakea Skies, Life Cycle of Stars
Life Cycle of Stars
Origin, Life, and Death of Stars in the ‘Imiloa Planetarium
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Join Dr. Luca Rizzi, Joint Astronomy Centre, in his presentation Origin, Life, and Death of Stars topic for this months “Maunakea Skies” program at ‘Imiloa on Saturday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the planetarium. The audience will fly out in 3D through our local celestial neighborhood and visit different structures in our Galaxy.
Stellar evolution is the science that uses the wealth of knowledge regarding the physics of plasma and nuclear reactions to understand the origin, the life, and the death of stars. Dr. Luca Rizzi will review the basic facts of stellar evolution, and follow 3 stars (a low-mass, an intermediate mass and a massive star) in their path from their birth to the explosive events that conclude their life.