Science vine: the life of a star

Over the next few months we'll be breaking down scientific concepts into six-second vines at #guardianscienceinsix. But can you do better?

Science is full of big, complex ideas, and one of the most important skills a scientist can develop is a knack for communicating those ideas to others. It's a difficult job, and one which is even harder if you want to condense a lot of information into a tight word count or timeframe.

However, that's exactly what we're going to try to do over the next couple of months. Every two weeks we'll be trying to break down a range of scientific concepts into six-second vines, which we'll launch on the Guardian Vine account and here in the Notes & Theories blog.