Only Red Herrings

  I know, I know. The name sounds incredibly made up. It is  made up, isn't it? Everything humans use to communicate with each other is made up. Well then, it is a made up theory. Just, I didn't make it. Simply put, the Infinite Monkey Theorem states that if you let an immortal monkey hit keys on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite period of time, the monkey will be able to type out the entire works of Shakespeare, along with all pieces of literature of the past, present and future, an infinite number of times. Creation! French mathematician Émile Borel is credited with popularizing a similar concept in 1913, although some people attribute the original idea to Aristotle. Émile Borel Under the same conditions as before, Borel wanted to calculate the probability of the monkey typing a specific sentence. He said that the chances of the monkey typing the sentence in a finite amount of time is extremely small, but it becomes possible if the monkey continues typing indefinitely. C...

  A Star is Born All stars are formed in nebulae. Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space, often known as "space nurseries", because that's where the baby stars live! This is practically the only part of the lifecycle which all stars have in common.  Fuel Consumption The rest of the lifecycle depends on the mass of the star. The more mass a star has, the shorter its lifespan. This is because stars have a certain amount of fuel hydrogen in their cores. Fuel is used by nuclear reactions, specifically, nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is when two atoms are forced together under the extreme pressure and temperatures of the star's core, to form an atom of a different element. Elements lighter than iron (Fe) were all formed in stars. Larger stars finish up the fuel quickly, while smaller or medium sized stars, like our sun, tend to burn up more slowly, therefore living a longer life. Dimming out As the hydrogen begins to run out, the star enters the last phase of its life...