These are the death stage of stars.

These are the death stage of stars.

• A. Neutron Stars
• B. Black Holes
• C. White Dwarfs
• D. Red Giants

Answer: (B)

Stars end their lives in different ways depending on their mass. For the most massive stars, the inner core collapses violently in a supernova and gravity becomes so strong that it forms a black hole, a region where not even light can escape. That extreme end state is why black holes are described as the death stage for the most massive stars. For context, red giants are a late phase for Sun-like and intermediate-mass stars as fusion moves to shells around the core; they are not the final fate. White dwarfs are the compact remnants of low- to intermediate-mass stars after they shed outer layers and pass through the red-giant stage. Neutron stars can form from the core collapse of massive stars that are not massive enough to become black holes.

Stars end their lives in different ways depending on their mass. For the most massive stars, the inner core collapses violently in a supernova and gravity becomes so strong that it forms a black hole, a region where not even light can escape. That extreme end state is why black holes are described as the death stage for the most massive stars.

For context, red giants are a late phase for Sun-like and intermediate-mass stars as fusion moves to shells around the core; they are not the final fate. White dwarfs are the compact remnants of low- to intermediate-mass stars after they shed outer layers and pass through the red-giant stage. Neutron stars can form from the core collapse of massive stars that are not massive enough to become black holes.