Whathappensto a starduringtherestofitslifedependsonhowmassiveitisatitsbirth.
その星にその後の生涯でどのような事が起こるかは、誕生時の大きさによって決まります。
A starlikethesunisin a delicatebalancebetweengravity, whichwantstomakethestarcollapseinonitself, andthepressurethatpushesoutwardthatcomesfromtheenergyproducedinthesefusionreactionsatitscore.
Theouterpartsofthestarareblastedoffintospacein a hugesuper-novaexplosion!
そして星の外側層が、巨大な超新星爆発によって爆発放出されていくのです!
Thesesuper-novaexplosionsaresopowerfulthatwhenoneofthesestarsexplodes, itcanactuallyoutshinethewholegalaxyofwhichispart... a galaxyofmaybe a 100,000 millionstars.
Forthesesupergiantstars, allthatisleftis a superdensecoreknownas a neutronstar, anobjectthatcanhave a massgreaterthanoursunbutbelessthan 20 kilometersacross.