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Vynns I love the band name... Not only does it sound cool but its actually scientific.
Thank you!
...It is?
The final stage is reached when the star begins producing iron. Since iron nuclei are more tightly bound than any heavier nuclei, if they are fused they do not release energy—the process would, on the contrary, consume energy. Likewise, since they are more tightly bound than all lighter nuclei, energy cannot be released by fission.[39] In relatively old, very massive stars, a large core of inert iron will accumulate in the center of the star.....
In larger stars, fusion continues until the iron core has grown so large (more than 1.4 solar masses) that it can no longer support its own mass. This core will suddenly collapse as its electrons are driven into its protons, forming neutrons and neutrinos in a burst of inverse beta decay, or electron capture. The shockwave formed by this sudden collapse causes the rest of the star to explode in a supernova. Supernovae are so bright that they may briefly outshine the star's entire home galaxy. When they occur within the Milky Way, supernovae have historically been observed by naked-eye observers as "new stars" where none existed before.[43]
Yeah a massive star fusses through hydrogen, helium, carbon ext. until is reaches Iron which is the final stage of a star this sizes life....from here the star can no longer support fusion (since it can't radiate heat in the iron stage) and will go super nova relatively shortly.
So "Iron Sun" implies that a very large sun is about (in a cosmic sense of time) to go super nova (cause a very large explosion felt light years away, and easily seen across the galaxies)
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