Mike Montgomery, Research Scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, specializes in a unique kind of star -- The White Dwarf. Montgomery talks about how he became interested in astronomy, how a star is born and the lifecycle of a star until it becomes a white dwarf.
Astronomer Mike Montgomery on the lifecycle of a star
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