Required Reading: Textbook, ch. 1, 14-16

Required website:

Exoplanets.org

Recommended Websites:

Formation of Elements: this is also known as nucleosynthesis.

• Nucleosynthesis (NASA site)
• Nucleosynthesis (Ohio State site)
• Nucleosynthesis (Berkeley site)
• Nucleosynthesis (Harvard site)
• Nucleosynthesis (Lawrence Berkeley site)
• Fusion and Nucleosynthesis

Stellar Evolution:

• NASA site - this site is by far the best for this topic. If you are confused at all about stellar evolution, read through this tutorial.

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram:

• The diagram itself.
• A nice explanation of the diagram.