<p>There are at least two types of supernovae (SNe): thermonuclear supernovae (TSNe) and core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe).</p>

<p>TSNe come from the explosions of white dwarves (WDs) in binary systems. A star with mass at zero age about &lt; 8 solar mass, it normally evolves and ends up being a WD. Our sun is in this category. So, we expect our sun to evolve to be a WD and give no SN explosion without further perturbation.</p>

<p>Massive stars (> 8 solar mass), by themselves, evolve to CCSNe. Some of these events leave compact objects either neutron stars or black holes.</p>

<p>A pulsar is a rapidly-rotating and magnetized neutron star (or white dwarf but very rare) with misalignment between the rotational axis and the magnetic dipole, and it beams the EM to the line of sight. Speaking of that, if we consider the pulsar as a special case of a neutron star, the progenitor star should have its zero age main sequence mass > 8 solar mass, for ending up in CCSN and hopefully leaving a neutron star as the compact object. Therefore, it is less likely for the sun to be a pulsar at the end of the tunnel. How much more mass? This is even harder to tell because that means the sun has to evolve in a binary system, where the evolutionary path is even more diverse and harder to predict.</p>

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Seems you are energetic enough to answer, i would like to ask you that, what will be the lifecycle of sun after becaming WD?
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Kornpob Bhirombhakdi
<p>The smallest stars that could explode in supernova have a mass of at least about 8 times the mass of the sun. So it is impossible for the sun to become a pulsar at the end of its life. It will form a red giant which will then lose its outer layers and form a white dwarf.</p>

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<p>What's more, there is a path to supernova involving less added mass, and that is if the Sun is first allowed to become a white dwarf, then it would only require one more solar mass to be added to create a type Ia supernova.  But that would not make a pulsar, and it isn't any more likely to happen than adding 7 solar masses.</p>

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<p>Beside that, is that possible our sun became <strong>pulsar</strong>? And if not (and i know likely) but how much more mass does it need to become one ?</p>

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How much mass does our sun need for exploding like supernova?
Rahul Singh
# How much mass does our sun need for exploding like supernova?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-01)

Beside that, is that possible our sun became **pulsar**? And if not (and i know likely) but how much more mass does it need to become one ?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-03. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

There are at least two types of supernovae (SNe): thermonuclear supernovae (TSNe) and core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe).

TSNe come from the explosions of white dwarves (WDs) in binary systems. A star with mass at zero age about < 8 solar mass, it normally evolves and ends up being a WD. Our sun is in this category. So, we expect our sun to evolve to be a WD and give no SN explosion without further perturbation.

Massive stars (> 8 solar mass), by themselves, evolve to CCSNe. Some of these events leave compact objects either neutron stars or black holes.

A pulsar is a rapidly-rotating and magnetized neutron star (or white dwarf but very rare) with misalignment between the rotational axis and the magnetic dipole, and it beams the EM to the line of sight. Speaking of that, if we consider the pulsar as a special case of a neutron star, the progenitor star should have its zero age main sequence mass > 8 solar mass, for ending up in CCSN and hopefully leaving a neutron star as the compact object. Therefore, it is less likely for the sun to be a pulsar at the end of the tunnel. How much more mass? This is even harder to tell because that means the sun has to evolve in a binary system, where the evolutionary path is even more diverse and harder to predict.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Seems you are energetic enough to answer, i would like to ask you that, what will be the lifecycle of sun after becaming WD?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-01. Score: 2

The smallest stars that could explode in supernova have a mass of at least about 8 times the mass of the sun. So it is impossible for the sun to become a pulsar at the end of its life. It will form a red giant which will then lose its outer layers and form a white dwarf.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-07-01. Score: 0

What's more, there is a path to supernova involving less added mass, and that is if the Sun is first allowed to become a white dwarf, then it would only require one more solar mass to be added to create a type Ia supernova. But that would not make a pulsar, and it isn't any more likely to happen than adding 7 solar masses.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Please note that the ordering of answers can alter depending on votes, so if you are answering as a follow-on to someone else's answer, please link to it (or at least say whose answer it is).  And note that generally answers should stand alone - if the other answer was deleted (e.g. by the owner) then your answer would be confusing without that context.  

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