Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoThink twice before gifting someone an M dwarf this holiday seasonsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down113
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minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoI though dwarf stars had far longer lifespans than solar-type stars, and conversely the largest giants last only tens of millions of years.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agosee above - missed that it wasn’t supposed to be our sun.
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoYou are correct. I don’t know what evidence we have of super sized stars, but beyond a certainly limit, stars can burn through their fuel faster than it can condense.
I though dwarf stars had far longer lifespans than solar-type stars, and conversely the largest giants last only tens of millions of years.
see above - missed that it wasn’t supposed to be our sun.
You are correct. I don’t know what evidence we have of super sized stars, but beyond a certainly limit, stars can burn through their fuel faster than it can condense.