Astrophysics -- Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature and chemical composition) of astronomical ... > full article

Supergiant -- Supergiants are the most massive stars. Supergiants can have masses from 10 to 70 solar masses and brightness from 30,000 up to hundreds of thousands times the solar luminosity. They vary greatly in ... > full article

Large-scale structure of the cosmos -- Astronomy and cosmology examine the universe to understand the large-scale structure of the cosmos. Currently, many large structures have been found; stars are organised into galaxies which in turn ... > full article

Galaxy formation and evolution -- The formation of galaxies is still one of the most active research areas in astrophysics; and, to some extent, this is also true for galaxy evolution. Some ideas, however, are now widely accepted. ... > full article

Nucleosynthesis -- Nucleosynthesis is the process of creating new atomic nuclei from preexisting nucleons (protons and neutrons). The primordial preexisting nucleons were formed from the quark-gluon plasma of the Big ... > full article

Galaxy -- A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system of stars, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter. Typical galaxies contain ten million to one trillion stars, all orbiting a common center of ... > full article

Stellar evolution -- In astronomy, stellar evolution is the sequence of changes that a star undergoes during its lifetime; the hundreds of thousands, millions or billions of years during which it emits light and heat. ... > full article

Planetary nebula -- A planetary nebula is an astronomical object consisting of a glowing shell of gas and plasma formed by certain types of stars at the end of their lives. They are in fact unrelated to planets; the ... > full article

Red supergiant star -- Red supergiants are supergiant stars of spectral type K-M and a luminosity class of I. They are the largest stars in the universe in terms of physical size, although they are not the most massive. ... > full article

Big Bang nucleosynthesis -- In physical cosmology, Big Bang nucleosynthesis (or primordial nucleosynthesis) refers to the production of nuclei other than H-1, the normal, light hydrogen, during the early phases of the universe, ... > full article

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