Stellar Evolution Board Game

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This awesome universe is finally being revealed through magnificant images beamed to Earth by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. "Stellar Evolution: The Game" unites those images within a unique game format to create a challenging, learning-packed adventure.
The game begins with each player gathering the immense quantities of material required to create three protostars, each of different mass. Players then collect time to age those stars through each life stage. The first player to complete the life cycles of all three - ending in a white dwarf, a neutron star, and a black hole wins!
While playing players are also learning. They will discover that a star's mass is the major factor in determining its evolution and final destiny, develop an understanding of the relationship between the various strange and bizarre objects observed, photographed and described by professional astronomers. develop a basic understanding of each evolutionary stage of a star, discover that elements formed during the destruction of a star provide the raw materials for future generations of stars, develop a sense of the vastness of space and time as applied to the universe, develop an understanding of the major role that gravity plays in the birth, life, and death of stars, discover that nearly all elements in the universe were formed within stars, develop an understanding of the conditions required for the fusion of atoms, discover the significance of the electromagnetic spectrum to astronomy, and develop basic skills in recognizing and interpreting stellar images.
Whether a novice or seasoned astronomer, whether competing with family, friends, or classmates, whether young or old, "Stellar Evolution: The Game" is certain to provide hours of wholesome fun, learning, and excitement.

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