[SPACE] Star Generation

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Originally Posted by Agemegos

I did. I was thinking of the loss of mass to the formation of the planetary nebula in the red giant phase.

And you meant, of course, that solitary stars less than nine solar masses evolve into white dwarfs without going supernova. White dwarfs can go supernova if they are accreting material from elsewhere (Type Ia supernova).

I know that, but I was thinking that they'd be far less chance of any planets forming around a binary with such a small separation.