Supernovae and neutron stars are interconnected as one precedes the other. Supernova explosions are simply the phase just before a neutron star is formed. The main differences between the two are that supernovae are over 100 times hotter, they’re many time larger in size and can also create black holes depending on the solar mass … Read more
Both hypernova and supernova explosions occur once nuclear fusion is unable to convert hydrogen into helium, forcing stars to collapse and produce these bright grandiose showcases. The main difference between a supernova and hypernova is that hypernova’s tend to be 5 – 50 times more powerful, caused when a star 30+ solar masses explodes and … Read more
Red giants and Red supergiants are both the final forms before stars become the dead remnant stars, where the smaller red giants become white dwarfs and the larger red supergiants will experience a supernova explosion, becoming either a neutron star or a black hole once the explosion settles down. Continue reading for a more detailed … Read more
Black holes and our Sun are completely different in many ways from the temperature they exude, where the sun is 6000°C and black holes nearly absolute zero, the significant discrepancy in density, luminosity along with different ways they affect the surrounding space around them. Black holes are formed after a star dies with anything that … Read more
Red dwarfs and yellow dwarfs are both celestial bodies that convert hydrogen into helium and in turn produce their own light source of their own. The main differences between a red dwarf and yellow dwarf would be down to the luminosity of each entity where yellow dwarfs are 10,000 times more bright, they’re significantly hotter … Read more
A hypernova, also known as a collapsar, is a highly energetic supernova resulting from the core collapse of a massive star. While it is similar to a supernova, it is far more powerful and exudes much more light. The jets formed from a hypernova create gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which could be responsible for mass extinction … Read more
Black holes are the by product of a supernova explosion, particularly those that are 3+ solar masses in size so, even if the two are connected in the sense that they both form when a star is essentially dying, you wouldn’t be able to classify them within the same celestial bracket. Black holes are amongst … Read more
Jupiter and brown dwarfs have a lot more in common than most celestial entities would, so much so some continue to believe that Jupiter was once a brown dwarf star in the past. Reality is obviously far different from this as the two operate distinctly from one another. In regards to the similarities, both can … Read more
The death of a star can form a variety of unique entities, whether a white dwarf, black hole or in this case the different types of neutron stars. Pulsars and neutrons stars are one in the same as all pulsars are neutron stars but, not all neutron stars can be classified as pulsars. This is … Read more
Neutron stars and black holes are both the by product of products of dead stars, specifically those that die in a violent supernova explosion. Neutron stars form when a star lower than 3 M in mass or above 1.44 solar masse dies whilst black holes form when larger stars that are 4 solar masses large … Read more