What's Left over from a Star?

After a star blows up, there are leftovers. The leftovers can be very heavy. The inside core that is left over is called a neutron star. If the star was more than eight times bigger than our Sun, the leftovers will be a black hole.

What are the remnants of a star?

A supernova remnant (SNR) is the structure resulting from the explosion of a star in a supernova. The supernova remnant is bounded by an expanding shock wave, and consists of ejected material expanding from the explosion, and the interstellar material it sweeps up and shocks along the way.

What is left after a star explodes?

Answer: A neutron star that is left-over after a supernova is actually a remnant of the massive star which went supernova. ... If the star is massive enough it can collapse directly to form a black hole without a supernova explosion in less than half a second.

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