Launch Pad, Day Three: Mike Brotherton on Everything You Wanted to Know About Stars…

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Stars are the bread and butter of astronomers. They're the building blocks of galaxies. They're well-understood in the basics these days. You can go into the details, starting with the understanding that they're burning balls of glass, and we move from there to a detailed understanding of their chemical structure, lifespans, how they're born, how they die. There are some areas that are still active areas of research, but I'm going to go into ...