Why is it that stars of greater mass (and thus possess more fuel for nuclear fusion) spend less time on the main sequence of the H-R diagram than their lower mass counterparts?
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Why is it that stars of greater mass (and thus possess more fuel for nuclear fusion) spend less time on the main sequence of the H-R diagram than their lower mass counterparts?
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