Stephanie 🎀I drew this in 2020, posted it on the birdsite, and it went viral (at least by my standards!), earning me 250 new followers.
It shows how much battery various stars would have left if they had battery indicators like phones do. #MastoArt
Catherine Berry@BeamsAndBows , I love this!! I didn't know Sirius A was that young, only 1/4 of the way through its short-ish lifespan.
@isomeme It’s actually the same age as Sirius B. Sirius B was a lot more massive (5x sun’s mass) than Sirius A (2x Sun’s mass), and burned through its fuel much more quickly as a result. Think of stars as like cars- the bigger they are, the faster they go through their fuel.
Arthur Vincie@BeamsAndBows @isomeme wow. So what will happen to Sirius B?
@chaoticsequence @isomeme over a very long time, Sirius B will cool down to a very dense, very cold sphere called a black dwarf.
@BeamsAndBows @isomeme cool, thank you!
@BeamsAndBows , yep, I should have been clearer -- I meant that Sirius A is much younger than Sol.