These Stars Are Being Eaten Alive from the Inside

In general, a star’s size will determine its final destiny. Some stars fizzle out, while others explode, and what seals their fate may come down to a curious, cannibalistic process happening inside their cores! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4b4b https://phys.org/news/2020-03-electron-eating-neon-star-collapse.html https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec18.html https://doi.org/10.1038/299803a0 https://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach/education/senior/astrophysics/stellarevolution_deathlow.html https://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach/education/senior/astrophysics/stellarevolution_deathhigh.html#sdhighsn Image Sources: https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA07902 https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002183 https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA18906 https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA09219 https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA15817 https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20100126_Nova_m10547_SuperNova https://images.nasa.gov/details-hubble-sees-a-young-star-take-center-stage_16708377846_o https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA06907 https://images.nasa.gov/details-A%20Galactic%20Spectacle_4862916839_o https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_III._sieht_den_neuen_Stern_%C3%BCber_der_Stadt_Tivoli_(Tyburtina).jpg