Timeline for Can you make a star from other gases, and how long would they last?
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| Jun 7, 2019 at 21:17 | comment | added | Harthag | @HDE226868 and others: The answers and commentary on this question seem to be from a "hard-science" perspective, rather than the "science-based" tag, or overall "world-building" theme of this site. I read this question not as "are heavier elements included in the makup of stars?" or "could this process actually take place, despite how unlikely it is?" but rather as "If another gas replaced the hydrogen (handwave the reason) when a star was forming, would it still result in the creation of a star?" Sadly, I can't create an answer myself, but I'd love to see an answer from this perspective. | |
| May 25, 2019 at 15:18 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | Related: physics.stackexchange.com/q/480972/56299. | |
| Apr 24, 2019 at 12:05 | vote | accept | Greenie E. | ||
| Apr 23, 2019 at 20:40 | comment | added | Greenie E. | @HDE226868 yes, after all, that is one of the cardinal characteristics of a star | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 17:18 | answer | added | Alexander | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 15:41 | answer | added | HDE 226868♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 15:20 | answer | added | bobtato | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 14:53 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | Greenie, correct me if I'm wrong, but you require this star to undergo nuclear fusion, right? | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 14:27 | history | edited | Cyn |
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| Apr 23, 2019 at 14:07 | comment | added | Eth | Alternatively, go big enough to make a quasi-star and composition won't matter too much | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 14:04 | comment | added | Ash | All stars in the modern universe are made of a more mixed bag of elements and most of them always have been, there may be a few first generation, i.e. they started as pure hydrogen-helium, stars still around, if there were any red dwarfs in those early days of the universe but all will contain heavier fusion products. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 13:24 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 23, 2019 at 11:55 | answer | added | Ventifacts and Yardangs | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 9:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 23, 2019 at 8:56 | answer | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 8:13 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Have you already looked into star physics? I am pretty sure that what you are asking is explained pretty well there. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 8:11 | comment | added | PiggyChu001 | quora.com/Can-a-star-be-made-only-by-oxygen | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 8:08 | history | asked | Greenie E. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |