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Starlight, Starbright; Stellar PropertiesAs students quickly discover, our Universe is full of surprises. And

Starlight, Starbright; Stellar PropertiesAs students quickly discover, our Universe is full of surprises. And the billions and billions of stars that make up our Milky Way Galaxy – and the billions of other galaxies—provide some of the biggest surprises of all, many of which we do not fully understand or even know about.
For this discussion watch the following three videos then on the discussion board express your thoughts and reactions to each video. After writing your response, read and reply to at least two classmates’ posts that had different thoughts or reactions than you. What did you find interesting or learn from another person’s experience of the videos?
The Life Cycle of Stars (Links to an external site.) 
(Attribution: The Life Cycle of Star by Institute of Physics. Creative Commons Attribution license [reuse allowed]. Published November 1, 2012)

ScienceCasts: Why Won’t the Supernova Explode? (Links to an external site.) 
(Attribution: Courtesy NASA. Published June 15, 2012)

ScienceCasts: 600 Mysteries in the Night Sky (Links to an external site.) 
(Attribution: Courtesy NASA. Published October 14, 2011)