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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A '''high mass star''' is a [[star]] with a [[mass]] 3 times or more greater than [[The Sun]].

===About High Mass Stars===
: '''High mass stars''' have a different life cycle to [[Low Mass Star|low mass stars]] and exist for a far shorter length of time than [[Low Mass Star|low mass stars]].

====Lifecycle====
#[[Nebula]] - A huge cloud of [[gas]] and dust stretching across space which collapses due to [[gravity]] to form [[star]]s.
#[[Protostar]] - A glowing ball of [[gas]] and dust that is not yet hot enough for [[Nuclear Fusion|fusion]] to occur in its core.
#[[Main Sequence Star]] - The longest and most stable period of a [[star]]s life when the outward pressure caused by [[Nuclear Fusion|fusion]] of [[Hydrogen]] in its core is balanced by the inward [[pressure]] caused by [[gravity]].
#[[Red Super Giant]] - A [[massive]] [[star]] that has run out of [[Hydrogen]] for [[Nuclear Fusion|fusion]] so the [[pressure]]s are no longer balanced and its core collapses under [[gravity]] until the core is hot enough to [[Nuclear Fusion|fuse]] [[Helium]] into more [[massive]] [[element]]s. During this time the outer layers expand as the [[star]] cools but becomes brighter as it becomes the largest type of [[star]] in the [[universe]].
#[[Supernova]] - When a [[massive]] [[star]] runs out of [[Helium]] to [[Nuclear Fusion|fuse]] the core collapses rapidly. Eventually the [[element]]s collide with one another and rebound outwards into an explosion known as a [[Supernova]] which can be brighter than all the other [[star]]s in a [[galaxy]] put together.
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#*[[Neutron Star]] - The [[element]]s in the core become packed so tightly that all the [[proton]]s become [[neutron]]s and the [[star]] becomes one giant [[atom]] around 20km across made of only [[neutron]]s.
#*[[Black Hole]] - The most [[massive]] [[star]]s collapse into a point so small that the [[gravity]] becomes so intense that not even [[light]] can escape. This is a [[Black Hole]].

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