Stars – when I look at them, they reminds me of a nursery rhyme which I learned when I was young.  It goes something like this (If my memory is correct) …..

Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!

You may or may not have heard the above nursery rhyme. But here is something more interesting thing about stars. The whole life cycle of  stars  - a massive 12 billion years  has been compressed into a 6 minute video simulation.

Watch the following video of the entire life cycle of a star depicted in 6 minutes.

With this knowledge,  the next time you go watching stars, you are sure to feel over whelmed.