Once Silicon Burning Begins to Fuse Iron in the Core

question 82

Multiple Choice

Once silicon burning begins to fuse iron in the core of a high-mass main-sequence star, it only has a few __________ left to live.

• A) seconds
• B) days
• C) months
• D) years
• E) million years

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