00:00forget stars that just shine even the bright o-type stars pale in comparison in the universe
00:15some stars don't just exist they roar ripping themselves apart in a chaotic battle against time
00:21these are wolf riot stars they are rare gigantic and throw pieces of themselves out into
00:29space in a wild display think of them as living breathing explosions waiting to happen
00:35now imagine the unimaginable what if by some disastrous twist of fate you were falling right
00:43into the middle of one of these massive dying stars this wouldn't be a simple fall it would be
00:50instant destruction complete conversion into pure energy swallowed by some of the universe's most
00:56intense forces this would be the ultimate unbeatable end a star can collapse when it uses up its fuel
01:07the core starts to shrink and the outer layers expand outward this can cause a massive explosion
01:14scientists refer to this as a supernova wolf riot stars act like the universe's greatest performers
01:22they are rare dazzling and burn through life before ending in dramatic fashion these massive stars
01:29weigh anywhere from 20 to 250 times as much as our sun they have already shed their outer hydrogen layers
01:37exposing cores rich in helium carbon and nitrogen this information comes from cosmos at swinburne university of
01:46technology their surface temperatures soar between 30 000 kelvin and beyond 200 000 kelvin according
01:54to a 2018 study from astro phco as for brightness they shine hundreds of thousands to millions of times
02:02brighter than our sun these stars are known for their powerful stellar winds which blow away mass equal to
02:09earth's about every few hundred years as detailed by eso on wolf riot stars sure please go ahead and
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02:27falling toward a wolf ray at star would mean in fast trip one beyond anything people could imagine
02:33the massive gravitational pull of a wr star grabs hold with incredible strength pulling you in with a force
02:40too powerful to resist according to university of oregon stellar evolution in just milliseconds your speed
02:49would soar to a fraction of light speed racing toward a spot where nothing not light particles or any trace
02:56of you could escape that overwhelming blazing blue white or maybe yellow glow from the star would be the
03:04last thing your senses experience after that there would be nothing long before gravity comes into play to seal
03:16your fate you'd run into the star's standout trait it's thick lightning fast stellar wind wolf ray at stars lose
03:25mass at rates that are millions of times greater than the sun throwing out material at speeds between
03:31one thousand and five thousand kilometers each second according to nature astronomy 2020 this isn't
03:38some gentle breeze blowing past it's like a violent storm of high energy particles if you were in a
03:45spaceship or even exposed in your own body this flood of charged particles and powerful photons would tear
03:52smash and vaporize you long before you'd ever get near the star
04:01the first layer you might encounter on a wolf ray at star is its corona coronal temperatures on such
04:08stars can shoot up into tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kelvin the astrophysical journal
04:14in 2019 discussed b star corona often linking them to the extreme environment of o stars this plasma
04:22while spread is powerful and moving if you brought any shielding for protection or even dared to enter
04:29yourself it would be destroyed not turned into just gas but broken down into loose atomic nuclei and free
04:37electrons no solid object can survive there the extreme heat and energy would tear matter apart at its most
04:44basic level
04:50long before you'd even get close to the denser layers the overpowering blast of electromagnetic radiation from
04:56a wolf ray at star would destroy you intense waves of ultraviolet light x-rays and brutal gamma rays would rip
05:05through you not just damaging cells but breaking apart your molecules and atoms the very forces that keep your
05:12matter together would lose the fight leaving nothing of you but a flash of energy and light in mere seconds
05:19the disintegration would be so complete it defies everyday understanding according to national institute
05:26of standards and technology atomic spectra database
05:34wolf riot stars burn so and their winds blow so that they lack a clear photosphere like the sun
05:41their outer layers are packed with thick moving plasma making it impossible to identify a solid surface
05:48what we see as their surface is more of an illusion it's the point where their winds thin out enough
05:55to allow light to shine through according to royal astronomical society 2017. if you tried to land
06:04there wouldn't be an actual surface to hit you'd dive straight into a chaotic mass of super hot ionized
06:11particles shaped by their intense radiation and winds
06:19if you dove deeper into the theoretical layers you'd reach the star's colossal radiative zone
06:25energy from the core moves outward here as photons bouncing around and absorbed by the
06:31star's thick plasma in a wr star this process works with ruthless efficiency to you it would feel like
06:40being swallowed by a dazzling ultra dense energy field every part of your body would be a non-stop
06:46chaotic interaction with countless photons trapped in unbearable heat and crushed by intense pressure
06:53according to nasa living with a star program
07:00the pressure in a wolf ray at star defies anything humans can understand these stars weigh tens to
07:07hundreds of times more than our sun the forces they generate are billions or trillions of times stronger
07:14than anything on earth gravity there would crush fundamental particles packing
07:20them into densities we can imagine their very structure would break down under the star's extreme pull
07:27leaving no trace of what they once were according to california institute of technology stellar physics
07:40in the end your journey takes you straight to the core of the star
07:44here lies the most intense furnace where nuclear fusion happens at unimaginable speeds
07:51while younger stars focus on fusing hydrogen the core of a wolf ray at star actively fuses helium into
07:58carbon and oxygen it may even form heavier elements like neon magnesium or silicon according to astrophysical
08:07journal 2021 the core burns at temperatures reaching hundreds of millions of kelvin under pressures that
08:14defy comprehension inside the wolf riot core the idea of you would dissolve at the tiniest level
08:27electrons would separate from your base particles turning them into part of a blazing plasma made of exposed
08:33nuclei these particles would dive straight into nuclear reactions producing not helium but also heavier and
08:40heavier elements through the cno cycle and similar processes you wouldn't just disappear your atoms would
08:48merge into the chaotic process of creation and destruction forever becoming part of the star your essence would
08:56transform into some of the densest elements in the universe such as iron cobalt and nickel which the star would
09:04later scatter through a supernova explosion falling into a wolf riot star would happen so quickly
09:14and that it goes beyond anything we think of as death it would wipe you out erasing everything
09:21the extreme radiation crushing weight and intense stellar winds would destroy all matter down to its core
09:29in less than a fraction of a millisecond you would become nothing more than a tiny invisible flash of energy
09:35and ionized gas wolf riot stars burn through their lives at an astonishing pace their lifespan stretches a few
09:47hundred thousand to a few million years according to the european southern observatory these stars use up
09:54their nuclear fuel at an intense rate shining before fading fast when their time ends they explode as either a
10:02type ibe or type ike supernova after the explosion they collapse into something dense like a neutron star or quite
10:11often a black hole along the way they spread heavy elements that are critical to making planets and life
10:24because of their intense brightness and strong stellar winds wolf ray at stars don't have a habitable zone
10:32any planet circling one would face constant deadly radiation and lose its atmosphere due to
10:38those fierce winds according to planetary habitability laboratory university of puerto rico at arecibo these
10:48stars are not places where life can begin instead they act as cosmic factories that create materials needed for
10:55stars and galaxies in the future
10:57this chilling idea sheds light on the intense and destructive cycles shaping the universe wolf riot
11:09stars play a key role in cosmic growth these stars produce most elements heavier than helium like carbon and
11:17oxygen and even create elements up to iron before meeting their explosive end when these stars go supernova
11:25they spread these elements throughout the galaxy this process creates the building blocks needed to create new stars
11:32planets and life including us
11:42facing the overwhelming power of a wolf riot star goes beyond simple wonder it makes our existence feel
11:49insignificant like a faint whisper lost in a deafening cosmic storm it shows us that massive and uncaring
11:57forces shape the universe and reveals the intense violent energy behind the creation of everything familiar to us
12:09the curiosity of humans our need to ask what if and imagine even the wildest scenarios drives
12:17scientific progress exploring these extraordinary situations not helps us understand the amazing
12:23physics inside the most powerful stars but also increases our respect for the thrilling and sometimes
12:30frightening beauty of the universe
12:37taking a hypothetical trip into a wolf ray at star brings an astonishing final moment
12:43you wouldn't just face fire crushing gravity extreme heat and a roaring stellar wind would all come
12:50together with the violent forces of active nucleosynthesis this trip would result in an instant
12:56and total merging with one of the universe's most mysterious powerful and fleeting stellar giants
13:03what part of this thrilling and intense dive into a wolf ray at star surprised you the most
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