We began, as we always do, with a brief review of the previous lesson, so I can test Jared's understanding of the topic. Considering we had a long break, and Jared had two lessons last time, I was impressed with how much he had retained and understood. I went into a bit more depth on the topic of white dwarfs, and then we transitioned to studying the deaths of stars much more massive than the Sun. They follow the same path from birth in a molecular cloud to the main sequence, but thereafter there are differences, most notably, more massive stars consume their fuel faster than stars like our Sun, and, due to their higher gravity, they can initiate carbon fusion in their cores. All the elements up to iron are thus produced. When a massive star has consumed all its fuel, it undergoes a catastrophic explosion that we call a 'supernova'.