LIFE HISTORY OF A STAR

Life of a star

• stars form out of clouds made up of dust and gas.
  

stage 1:PROTOSTAR 

• The particles in the clouds are pulled together by their own force of gravitational attraction
  
• they merge togther, become more concentrated to form a PROTOSTAR.
  

• As a protostar becomes denser= it becomes hotter= hot enough for hydrogen nuclei and other light elements to fuse together -->
• Energy is released= makes the core get bigger and hotter and begins to shine= a STAR is born.

(some objects may form that are too small to become stars. these are…