In a very unique galaxy far, far away, there was a cloud of gas.

In that cloud of gas there were two young stars named Shine and Bright. There were also tiny little creatures who visited Shine and Bright in their tiny little spaceship every now and then.

Shine

Bright

Ten billion years passed. Shine and Bright grew bigger and bigger using up all the gas in the cloud. One day, Shine had a disturbing thought.

"Hey Bright," said Shine, "Ten billion years have passed, and we are now huge. I think we will explode soon."

"But I just want to be a great big star forever and ever like now. I know we will get to be white dwarfs, but white dwarfs are dim, and I want to be a bright star!" said Bright.

Then, trying to comfort his friend, Shine said, "Just think about this, after we become white dwarfs, we can become black holes! We have always dreamed of that!"

A few moments later, the little tiny creatures flew their spaceship over to visit Shine and Bright.

"What are you so worried about you two?" asked the tiny creatures in the spaceship.

What are you so worried about?

 Shine started talking, Bright interrupted, and then they just started talking over each other.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa- one at a time," said one of the tiny creatures, as he got out of the spaceship.

Whoa, whoa, whoa- one at a time.

So Shine and Bright both said why they were worried. The tiny creatures in the spaceship realized that Shine and Bright were worried about the same thing, having a supernova.

Trying to make Shine and Bright feel better, one of the tiny creatures in the spaceship offered some words of encouragement. "Some problems end up leading to something amazing. Trust me. I have seen many stars worried about their own supernova, and they ended up loving it. You will enjoy being a white dwarf, and becoming a black hole will be even better. Change is hard but often a great thing." 

Then, the tiny creatures in the spaceship said goodbye and flew away. A few moments after they flew out of sight, something amazing started to happen to Bright. He exploded as a supernova.

The blue arrow points to the exploding supernova that Bright became.

Days went by, then weeks, then months, but finally, the supernova stopped. Bright was now surrounded by the nebula he created when he exploded. Bright was now a white dwarf.

“That... was... AMAZING! That was the coolest thing I have ever experienced! You will love having a supernova when it is time for you to have one!” said Bright.

“Are you sure?” asked Shine. “ I thought that we were both goners! I am just very glad that you are okay!"

Before Bright even had time to answer, Shine felt something strange happening. He knew it was finally time for him to become a supernova. He also realized that Bright was right about it being fun. It was the best thing that he had ever felt!