Death

=== Death of abiotic factors ===
Some [[Abiotic component|non-living]] things can be considered dead. For example, a [[volcano]], batteries, electrical components, and stars are all nonliving things that can "die," whether from destruction or cessation of function.

A [[volcano]], a break in the earth's crust that allows [[lava]], [[Pyroclastic flow|ash, and gases]] to escape, has three states that it may be in, active, dormant, and extinct. An [[active volcano]] has recently or is currently [[Erupting volcano|erupting]]; in a [[dormant volcano]], it has not erupted for a significant amount of time, but it may erupt again; in an extinct volcano, it may be cut off from the supply of its lava and will never expected to erupt again, so the volcano can be considered to be dead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volcanoes |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/volcanoes/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=education.nationalgeographic.org |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526020944/https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/volcanoes |url-status=live }}</ref>

A [[Electric battery|battery]] can be considered dead after the charge is fully used up. [[Electronic component|Electrical components]] are similar in this fashion, in the case that it may not be able to be used again, such as after a spill of water on the components,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Baylakoğlu |first1=İlknur |last2=Fortier |first2=Aleksandra |last3=Kyeong |first3=San |last4=Ambat |first4=Rajan |last5=Conseil-Gudla |first5=Helene |last6=Azarian |first6=Michael H. |last7=Pecht |first7=Michael G. |date=October 28, 2021 |title=The detrimental effects of water on electronic devices |journal=E-Prime – Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy. |volume=1 |issue=10 |page=1016 |doi=10.1016/j.prime.2021.100016 |s2cid=245746859 |issn=2772-6711 |doi-access=free }}</ref> the component can be considered dead.

[[File:Keplers supernova.jpg|thumb|[[Kepler's Supernova]], after the death of what could have been a [[white dwarf]]]]

Stars also have a life-span and, therefore, can die. After it starts to run out of fuel, it starts to expand, this can be analogous to the star aging. After it exhausts all fuel, it may explode in a [[supernova]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Croswell |first=Ken |date=2020-01-21 |title=A massive star dies without a bang, revealing the sensitive nature of supernovae |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=117 |issue=3 |pages=1240–1242 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1920319116 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=6983415 |pmid=31964780|doi-access=free }}</ref> collapse into a [[black hole]], or turn into a [[neutron star]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Heger |first1=A. |last2=Fryer |first2=C. L. |last3=Woosley |first3=S. E. |last4=Langer |first4=N. |last5=Hartmann |first5=D. H. |date=July 2003 |title=How Massive Single Stars End Their Life |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375341 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=591 |issue=1 |pages=288–300 |doi=10.1086/375341 |arxiv=astro-ph/0212469 |bibcode=2003ApJ...591..288H |s2cid=15539500 |issn=0004-637X |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720110657/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375341 |url-status=live }}</ref>