Posted by aang on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 6:28pm.
Most stars become white dwarfs that will continue to cool down and emit less light. Only the most massive stars become neutron stars. They are a small minority. They have a mass more than 1.4 times that of our sun.
If I remember correctly, stars that become neutron stars lose a lot of mass in a supernova explosion. Stars that become white dwarfs do not lose more than a few percent of their mass during their entire life. Most of the mass loss goes into producing power by nuclear fusion. The number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) in a white dwarf remains about the same.
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