Dr Keith Hawkins, a bad-ass astrophysicist here at Columbia University, works on understanding the lives and properties of stars across the galaxy. Stars are incredible objects which bring light into our universe and are of course crucial for life as we know it. But can we summarize how they live out their lives in just ~5 mins? Sure, let's do it! ::More about this Video:: ► The Wikipedia page on Stellar Evolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution) is a pretty good free resource to learn about the different topics and phases of a star's life. ► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu ► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu ► Background music by Matt Wigton "Changed", licensed by SoundStripe.com ::Playlists For Channel:: Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies ::Follow us:: SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe Cool Worlds Lab http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu Twitter https://twitter.com/david_kipping Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cool.worlds THANKS FOR WATCHING!! ::More about this Video:: ► The Wikipedia page on Stellar Evolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution) is a pretty good free resource to learn about the different topics and phases of a star's life. ► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu ► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu ► Outro music by Flight of the Conchords "Bowie": https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/flight-of-the-conchords/278064216 ::Playlists For Channel:: Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch Guest Videos