#  Life Cycle of Stars Like Our Sun 

 



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Our sun, and other stars like it, do not remain exactly as they appear now. Stellar lifetimes are much longer than ours, but like us, they progress though stages of life. The story of these stages tells us about the formation of the planets and their fate in the events to come billions of years from now. In this tour, we investigate the life cycle of stars like our sun.

#### Credits

Stella Offner, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

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 See also:- [ Tour ](/audience/tour)
- [ Tour ](/wwt1/tours)
- [ Objects in the Sky ](/tour-content-area/objects-sky)
- [ Our Solar System ](/tour-content-area/our-solar-system)
- [ Stars of All Ages ](/tour-content-area/stars-all-ages)
- [ Between the Stars - Gas and Dust ](/tour-content-area/between-stars-gas-and-dust)
- [ Astrophysical Concepts ](/tour-content-area/astrophysical-concepts)
- [ Changes with Time ](/tour-content-area/changes-time)
- [ Popular Interests ](/tour-content-area/popular-interests)
- [ Beauty in the Night Sky ](/tour-content-area/beauty-night-sky)
- [ Suggested Audience ](/tour-content-area/suggested-audience)
- [ Middle School ](/tour-content-area/middle-school)
- [ High School ](/tour-content-area/high-school)
- [ General Audience ](/tour-content-area/general-audience)