Fall Asleep to the Life of a Star | 1 Hour

Fall asleep to the life of a star like our Sun — an hour of calm narration and slow ambient music. From a cold, dark cloud in the Milky Way to an ember the size of the Earth: the collapse, the first light of fusion, the long steady middle, the swelling, and the glow that is still fading tonight. 🌌 Good for: Falling asleep to astronomy Listening to a space documentary at bedtime Calm background listening Quiet night-time learning for adults Long-form ambient space narration 🔭 Covered in this episode: Barnard 68, the dark cloud that looks like a hole in the stars How a cold cloud collapses, spins up and flattens into a disc A newborn star hidden in its cloud, seen by the Webb telescope Nuclear fusion, and the sliver of mass that becomes sunlight The balance that keeps the Sun steady for ten billion years The red giant, and what happens to the planets Planetary nebulae, and the Ring Nebula White dwarfs, and Sirius B, found by its pull before it was seen Why no white dwarf has ever gone dark, and the carbon in your hands Subscribe to The Slumber Club for more slow, factual journeys through space, time and the universe.