Brentwood Library: The Birth, Life, and Bizarre Death of Stars
Dr. John Percy, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Stars are distant suns. Like our sun, they are born in interstellar clouds of gas and dust, and live long and relatively uneventful lives. In death, sun-like stars swell up into “red giants,” and cast off their outer layers into space, revealing a “white dwarf” core, a million times denser than water. Rare, massive stars die even more spectacularly, exploding as super-novas, and leaving “neutron stars” or “black holes behind. We owe our existence to star life and star death!
Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: Free
Registration: Not required
Organized by: Toronto Public Library and University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Location: Program Room, 36 Brentwood Road North, Toronto, ON M8X 2B5, 416-394-5240
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