Description: “Multi Jumping” is an elastic floor that lets you bounce. The ground beneath you sinks, and you can jump higher than usual. When you step on “Multi Jumping,” the floor beneath your feet sinks, creating a distortion in space-time where stardust gathers and a star is born. If you bounce on the star, it begins to move. By continuing to bounce on the moving star as you chase it, the star grows and you experience the life of a star. When a star reaches the end of its life, it turns back into stardust, becoming the source of a new star. When it grows extremely large, the star becomes a black hole, drawing in the surrounding stardust and stars. Background of the work The life of a star Stars that emit their own light, like the sun or the stars shining in the night sky, are called “stars.” In the universe, there are many different kinds of stars, such as “planets,” like Earth, on which we live, and “satellites,” like the moon, that orbit around them. Here, however, we will talk about “stars” that emit their own light. A key factor in the life of a star is “gravity.” According to Einstein’s theory, in the universe, the mass of objects creates distortions in space-time. The force that causes surrounding objects to gather as if drawn toward these distortions in space-time is called “gravity.” The birth of a star In the universe, vast amounts of stardust and gas drift about, and when they gather under gravity, they form the embryo of a star. The state immediately before something becomes a star is called a “protostar.” The evolution of a star A “protostar” gathers surrounding stardust and gas through gravity and evolves into a shining star. A star at this stage is called a “main-sequence star.” Stars spend most of their lives as main-sequence stars. The sun we see is currently at this stage. As it evolves further, the star begins to swell and becomes a large red star called a “red giant.” The end and rebirth of a star If a star has a mass less than about eight times that of the sun, it releases gas and ends its life. If it is more massive than that, it ends its life in a “supernova explosion.” A star is blown apart by a supernova explosion, turning back into stardust and gas, which then becomes the material for the birth of the next star. Work page: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/ew/multijumpinguniverse-planets/planets/