[Faize actually looks a little surprised to hear her ask that, since Hanyuu has lived for thousands of years, supposedly. But...then again, the profiles didn't specify time frames.]
[He nods.]
Yes. Though they are nothing more than balls of burning gas, all stars are born, age, and eventually die, just as living things do. This happens regardless of whether or not they have a planetary system. Though, fortunately for those that do, stars "live" for a very, very long time. Millions or billions of years, depending upon the star's initial mass.
But eventually, a star will run out of energy and be unable to maintain equilibrium between its own gravity and pressure forces. When that happens, it begins to swell in size [He demonstrates with his hands by keeping the snowball in one and moving the other away from it slowly.] in an attempt to compensate, until eventually it-- [Completely forgetting that he still has that snowball, he brings his hands together quickly and sends bits of snow flying everywhere.] ...collapses. I really am quite terrible at this snow thing, aren't I?
[Okay, he's just...going to stoop down and try to regather this snow and probably some new snow and start over AGAIN.]
In any case, the end result depends on the size of the star. Larger stars explode into a supernova as I just ended up demonstrating with a bit more accuracy than intended. Smaller ones become clouds of gas called nebulas.
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[He nods.]
Yes. Though they are nothing more than balls of burning gas, all stars are born, age, and eventually die, just as living things do. This happens regardless of whether or not they have a planetary system. Though, fortunately for those that do, stars "live" for a very, very long time. Millions or billions of years, depending upon the star's initial mass.
But eventually, a star will run out of energy and be unable to maintain equilibrium between its own gravity and pressure forces. When that happens, it begins to swell in size [He demonstrates with his hands by keeping the snowball in one and moving the other away from it slowly.] in an attempt to compensate, until eventually it-- [Completely forgetting that he still has that snowball, he brings his hands together quickly and sends bits of snow flying everywhere.] ...collapses. I really am quite terrible at this snow thing, aren't I?
[Okay, he's just...going to stoop down and try to regather this snow and probably some new snow and start over AGAIN.]
In any case, the end result depends on the size of the star. Larger stars explode into a supernova as I just ended up demonstrating with a bit more accuracy than intended. Smaller ones become clouds of gas called nebulas.