Stellar Physics
Classification, Evolution & Remnants
Stellar Classification
The Morgan–Keenan Spectral Sequence
How stars are sorted by temperature, colour, and luminosity. Covers the OBAFGKM main sequence, fuel scoopability in Elite Dangerous, and what lies beyond.
Stellar Remnants
White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Black Holes
What stars leave behind when nuclear fusion ends. Three distinct endpoints determined by initial mass — each with radically different properties and exploration value.
Stellar Nucleosynthesis
How Stars Forge the Elements
The onion-shell structure of a massive star moments before supernova. Each layer fuses a different fuel — and every atom heavier than helium was made this way.
Binary Stars
Roche Lobes, Mass Transfer & Accretion
How stellar pairs interact. Animated mass-transfer binary showing the L1 stream, accretion disk, and hot spot — the path to novae and Type Ia supernovae.
Supernovae
How Stars Explode
The four major explosion pathways — Type Ia thermonuclear, core-collapse Type II/Ib/Ic, and hypernovae. Animated comparison showing progenitor, blast, and remnant.
Star Formation
Protostars, Disks & Bipolar Jets
How stars are born — from molecular cloud collapse to protostar with accretion disk and bipolar jets, all the way to main-sequence ignition.
This module follows the life of stars from birth through fusion, classification, interaction, explosion, and final remnant.
It is the physics layer beneath exploration: star class affects fuel scooping, habitable zones, system colour, hazards, and the rare objects commanders seek out.