http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/stars/ep-155-dwarf-stars/ Take a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos with Astronomy Cast. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/stars/ep-155-dwarf-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-4744 Jesse Cohen Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:38:23 +0000 http://www.astronomycast.com/?p=981#comment-4744 Congrats Dr. Pamela Gay on your appearance on History Channel's 'The Universe'! You were awesome! Congrats Dr. Pamela Gay on your appearance on History Channel's 'The Universe'! You were awesome!

]]> http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/stars/ep-155-dwarf-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-4742 David Madison Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:18:46 +0000 http://www.astronomycast.com/?p=981#comment-4742 The numbers tossed around are astronomical. Putting in perspective the smallest red dwarf fusing hydrogen for twelve trillion years, that is a thousand times as long as the universe has existed. When you say it will take a quadrillion years for it to cool off to just about absolute zero, that is eighty thousand times the current age of the universe. The numbers tossed around are astronomical. Putting in perspective the smallest red dwarf fusing hydrogen for twelve trillion years, that is a thousand times as long as the universe has existed. When you say it will take a quadrillion years for it to cool off to just about absolute zero, that is eighty thousand times the current age of the universe.

]]> http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/stars/ep-155-dwarf-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-4739 Julian Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:58:41 +0000 http://www.astronomycast.com/?p=981#comment-4739 Sun is actually 10^30 kg not 10^33 kg! You've just fried us all! Sun is actually 10^30 kg not 10^33 kg! You've just fried us all!

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