What are stars?

Look up at the twinkling night sky! Did you know you actually have dead stars inside your body right now? Eww... but also totally awesome! Join Mira and Finn on an explosive space adventure to discover the wild life story of every star in the universe. We are travelling to giant space clouds called nebulas, where freezing dust is squished together by gravity until—BOOM—a brand new baby star switches on! Discover how super-hot nuclear fusion keeps stars shining for billions of years, and what happens when they finally run out of gas. You will learn mind-blowing facts about our very own Sun, discover glowing white dwarf stars made entirely of crystallized diamond, and witness massive supernovas—the brightest and biggest explosions in the entire cosmos! Most unbelievable of all? Find out why the red iron in your blood and the white calcium in your teeth were forged straight out of these dying giant stars. You are literally made of star-stuff! Get ready for a cosmic, out-of-this-world episode of Science is Not Boring!