Abstract
These two structures in space represent late or final stages in the evolution of stars. About 95% of stars will end their evolution quietly,while the remaining 5% will detonate in violent supernova outbursts. The critical feature which determines a star’s final path is its mass.Stars unable to get below eight solar masses by the time their nuclear fusion reactions end will go supernova, while one member of some binary stars will explode as an end-point of a process involving mass exchange.These types of supernova are known as type II and type I respectively.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer-Verlag London
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Abrams, B., Stecker, M. (2000). Planetary Nebulae and Supernova Remnants. In: Structures in Space. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0441-4_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0441-4_4
Publisher Name: Springer, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-85233-165-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-0441-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive