[DOC] [TLE] What Is a Supernova? - Space.com [PAR] Jan 27, 2014 ... When stars can't handle their nuclear fuel, they explode in a brilliant burst of light. 
... Exactly how a star dies depends in part on its mass. ... because once the sun 
runs out of its nuclear fuel, perhaps in a couple billion years, it will ... For a star to 
explode as a Type II supernova, it must be at several times more... [DOC] [TLE] Main Sequence Stars: Definition & Life Cycle - Space.com [PAR] May 5, 2015 ... These stars can range from about a tenth of the mass of the sun to up to ... 10 
billion years on the main sequence, a star 10 times as massive will ... (This long 
lifetime is one reason red dwarfs are considered to be ... When the stars go out ... 
More massive stars explode in a violent supernova death, spewing... [DOC] [TLE] Stars | Science Mission Directorate [PAR] Consequently, the study of the birth, life, and death of stars is central to the ... 
Known as a protostar, it is this hot core at the heart of the collapsing cloud that 
will one day become a star. ... may be 100 or more times more massive than the 
Sun, and have surface ... In a supernova, the star's core collapses and then 
explodes. [DOC] [TLE] Life Cycles of Stars - UWGB Home [PAR] Mar 26, 1998 ... In interstellar space, far from other stars, a cloud of gas can be very thin and still 
be ... Some of these newly-discovered objects are so massive they may be so-
called ... Our own sun will shine for perhaps 10 billion years, but bright ... out of 
available fuel, the nuclear reactions in the center of the star die out. [DOC] [TLE] Stellar evolution - Wikipedia [PAR] Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time. 
Depending on ... Stars with around ten or more times the mass of the Sun can 
explode in a ... they will slowly become brighter and hotter before running out of 
hydrogen fuel .... Many of these helium-fusing stars cluster towards the cool end 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Large Mass Stellar Evolution [PAR] To get a good idea of how a large mass star dies, let's look at what a really big ... 
a very massive star will do or even trying to figure out what one of them may have 
... All of these big time mass loss episodes are just a sneak preview of what is to 
.... galaxy (billions of stars), and it can stay bright for quite some time - weeks or... [DOC] [TLE] Stars, Supernovas and Neutron Stars - Black Holes and Wormholes ... [PAR] The Physics of the Universe - Black Holes and Wormholes - Stars, ... in the atoms, 
turns out to be a critical one in determining the life-cycle of stars and the ... Sun's 
hydrogen fuel starts to run out (in an estimated further 5 billion years or so), ... of 
our Sun would burn its fuel 36,000 times faster than the Sun, and might live only... [DOC] [TLE] What is the Life Cycle Of The Sun? - Universe Today [PAR] Like all stars, our Sun has a life-cycle that began with its birth (4.57 billion ... a 
lifespan, characterized by a formation, main sequence, and eventual death. ... 
Over the course of the past four billion years, during which time planet Earth .... 
As such, when our Sun runs out of hydrogen fuel, it will expand to become a red 
giant,... [DOC] [TLE] The Natures of the Stars - Jim Kaler [PAR] Galaxies, The Galaxy, Galaxy clusters, Giant stars and helium fusion, Globular ... 
a mathematical definition (a star of one magnitude is 2.512... times brighter than 
... Stars can range up to about 100 times the mass of the Sun (at which point 
nature .... Giants then die as white dwarfs, while supergiants explode as 
supernovae. [DOC] [TLE] Found: The Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen - Scientific American [PAR] Jan 14, 2016 ... A

Question: When a massive star dies out, it may explode & become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun
Answer: a supernova