A Year 8 Science Project · always being updated
Every star has a life story.
Hi! Welcome to my astronomy project. I've been fascinated by space for years, and after my Science Quest project on magnetars I decided to turn everything I've learned into a website so other students can explore it too. Stars are born, they live for millions or billions of years, and then they die in some of the most amazing ways in the universe. Let's follow that journey.
What's inside
This site has grown a lot since I started it. Here are the main parts:
Life of a Star
The full journey from a giant cloud of gas to a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole - with an interactive explorer you can click through.
Open the explorer →Magnetars
My favourite topic and the biggest section. The most magnetic objects in the entire universe. Seriously - their magnetic fields are terrifying.
Learn about magnetars →Astronomy 101
What astronomy actually is, why we study space, and just how unbelievably big the universe is.
Start here →My Learning Journal
Short notes I've written as I learn new things. It's basically my brain, in order.
Read the journal →Quiz & Challenges
Test yourself! I made a quiz to check what you remember about stars. I score it for you.
Take the quiz →Glossary
All the space words explained simply, with a search box so you can find any term fast.
Open the glossary →The fact that got me hooked
A teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh about a billion tonnes on Earth - roughly the same as a mountain. That's because when a big star dies, gravity crushes its core so hard that protons and electrons are squeezed into neutrons, packing the mass of more than our entire Sun into a ball only about 20 km across (the size of a city).
I still can't really picture it. That's kind of why I love this stuff.
This is an ongoing project
I keep adding to this site whenever I learn something new or read about a new discovery. You can see how it's grown on my project timeline and the updates page. If you're a teacher or another student, there are free things to use on the resources page.