May 7, 2017
The Five Stages of Grief/Sunlike Star Post-Main Sequence Evolution
Denial/Subgiant
“Main sequence? What main sequence? I’m not evolving off the main sequence! Wow, I feel really tired for some reason...”
Anger/Red Giant Branch
“ALL YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE PLANETS! HOW’S THAT SUNRISE NOW?”
Bargaining/Horizontal Branch
“Oh, yeah! Helium fusion! That’ll buy me some time...right? RIGHT?”
Depression/Asymptotic Giant Branch
“The dust is what remains of my dreams.”
Acceptance/Planetary Nebula
“Releasing this form.”
