Like ants nesting on a river bank, some only live a few days. A colony could live for many ant generations on a riverbank but when a big flood comes their entire world is wiped out.

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    -71 year ago

    It can, if it’s stealing matter from a companion star and it crosses a critical mass threshold (around 1.44 solar masses). Look up “type Ia supernova”