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Red Giant
Stellar Nebula New star As the star goes into the later
stages of its lifecycle, it turns into
Stars can be stable for a long time on a red giant as its hydrogen core is
Every star comes from a stellar nebula, the main sequence. How long they completely converted into helium.
which is a cloud of hydrogen gas in remain stable depends on their A red giant is much larger, and the
space. The nebula eventually collapses mass. Bigger stars will burn out cooler temperature gives it a red
under its own gravity, forming a color.
faster, while tiny stars may last up
heated core that becomes a star. until 100 billion years.