Kip Thorne Quote

A star is only a glowing pause in the inescapable contraction of a gas cloud to an uncertain, sometimes fantastic end.


The Death of a Star, The Physics Teacher, Volume 9, Number 6, June 1971 (p. 326)


A star is only a glowing pause in the inescapable contraction of a gas cloud to an uncertain, sometimes fantastic end.

A star is only a glowing pause in the inescapable contraction of a gas cloud to an uncertain, sometimes fantastic end.

A star is only a glowing pause in the inescapable contraction of a gas cloud to an uncertain, sometimes fantastic end.

A star is only a glowing pause in the inescapable contraction of a gas cloud to an uncertain, sometimes fantastic end.