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How do stars explode?

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Stars produce heat when internal pressure forces elements to combine and create heat. This heat keeps the elements in the stars from all coming together at once. When all the elements that can come together have come together the inside of the star starts cooling down. Then the internal pressure starts pushing the elements together. This is called gravitational collapse. This gravitational collapse gives off a tremendous amount of energy. That makes the outside of the star explode.

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