How stars got there names!

only about 250 of the brighter stars have names. The Babylonians were probably the first historical people to name the stars. Most of the names which have come down to us are Arabic, with some Persian, Greek, Latin and Babylonian names. Most of the Latin names are modern. The names of the stars came to us about 2,000 years ago. Some of them came 500 years ago.

Birth of a Star!
Stars are a fascinating component of our universe. They may seem like permanent objects in the sky, but technology has allowed us to photograph the heavens, and now we know more about stars than ever before. They are born, they live, and then they die. A stars life is long compared to that of a human , but we can see the stages of stellar birth, aging and death in the heavens. They follow a pattern similar to many of the life cycles we see here on earth. Stars are born, they grow up, exist many years, and then they die, and theres an exciting battle between the force of gravity and gas pressure to that makes it exciting and potentially explosive! Space may seem empty, but actually it is filled with thinly spread gas and dust. This gas and dust is called Interstellar medium. The atoms of gas are mostly hydrogen (H2), and the gas atoms are typically about a centimeter apart. The dust is mostly microscopic grains and comprises only a few precent of the matter between stars. The dust is mostly carbon and silicon. In some places, this interstellar medium is collected into a big cloud of dust and gas known as a nebula. This is the birthplace of stars because the gas and dust is what makes up a star. In fact, our sun was probably born in an nebula nearly 5 billion years ago.

Death of a Star!
A Star does not live forever. It develops over thousands of millions of years. The temperature gets higher and higher over the years and when it is hot enough a nuclear reaction starts. There to different things that can happen to a star when it is dying. First if it is a small star it begins to expand and contract over and over again and finally, when the star has no more energy, it becomes a white dwarf. Second! If it is a big star , it explodes into a supernova which later becomes a black hole.

Questions answers!
Interstellar Medium! Simply put, the interstellar medium is the material which fills the space between the stars. Many people imagine outer space to be a complete vacuum, devoid of any material. Although the interstellar regions are more devoid of matter than any vacuum artificially created on earth, there is matter in space. These regions have very low densities and consist mainly of gas(99%) and dust. In total, approximately 15% of the visible matter in the Milky Way is composed of interstellar gas and dust.

Nebula!
A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas, composed primarily of hydrogen (97%) and helium (3%). Within a nebula, there are varying regions when gravity causes this dust and gas.

Babylon means confusion!!