The Sky at Night
Season 15 Episode 10 - The Life and Death of a Star
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Stars look like simple points of light to the naked eye, but they have complicated lives, evolving from dust and gas and eventually ageing into dense 'white dwarfs.' Patrick Moore discusses the stages of a star's life with Iain Nicolson, who is a lecturer on astronomy at Hatfield Polytechnic.
Episodes in Season 15
1
The Approach of Mars
2
Things are Seldom What They Seem
3
Sirius, the Dog-Star
4
A Black Hole in Space?
5
Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet
6
Orbiting Space-Stations
7
Tracking the Stars
8
How Far Are the Stars?
9
Mars Comes Close
10
The Life and Death of a Star
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