True Or False: High-Mass Stars Eventually Evolve Into White-Dwarves.

True or False: High-mass stars eventually evolve into white-dwarves.

Answer:

FALSE

  • The most massive stars, with eight times the mass of the sun or more, will never become white dwarfs. Instead, at the end of their lives, white dwarfs will explode in a violent supernova, leaving behind a neutron star or black hole.

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