Here's why:
* Massive stars burn fuel much faster: They have incredibly high core temperatures and pressures, causing them to fuse hydrogen into helium at a much faster rate than smaller stars.
* Shorter lifespan: The faster they burn, the quicker they exhaust their fuel supply.
Here's a general rule of thumb:
* A star's lifetime is inversely proportional to the cube of its mass.
* So, a star 150 times more massive than the Sun will have a lifespan roughly (1/150)^3 times shorter.
While a few million years might seem long, it's incredibly short compared to the Sun's lifespan of around 10 billion years. These massive stars live fast and die young!