Main sequence star: hydrogen-1.
Red giants: helium-4.
Main sequence star: hydrogen-1. Red giants: helium-4.
Main sequence star: hydrogen-1. Red giants: helium-4.
No, red giants are generally older than main sequence stars, as red giants have no hydrogen left for fuel, and burn helium instead. where as Main Sequence stars burn hydrogen for fuel.
Stars spend most of their life span in the main sequence phase, where they are fusing hydrogen into helium in their cores. After exhausting their hydrogen fuel, they will expand and cool down to become red giants before eventually evolving into white dwarfs or other stellar remnants.
The primary fuel for all stars is hydrogen
Stars leave the main sequence when they have exhausted their core hydrogen fuel, causing them to expand into red giants or supergiants. This transition marks the end of stable nuclear fusion in their cores and the beginning of the next phase in their lifecycle.
helium
The two types of stars that do not fall into the main sequence of an H-R diagram are white dwarfs and giant stars. White dwarfs are small, hot stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel, while giant stars are large, luminous stars that have evolved off the main sequence due to changes in their internal structure.
Red giants. They are medium and large stars that have used up all of their hydrogen and gave begun burning the helium. They begin to expand while they are in their "dying" phase. They will ultimately become a white dwarf if they were a medium sized star during their main sequence, or they will become a black hole or a neutron star if they were a large star during their main sequence.
main sequence stars all are burning though fuel at asteadyrate in there cores. with the proton+proton chain our sun is a main sequence star
Hydrogen.
Stars become red giants when they have exhausted their hydrogen fuel in the core and start burning helium, causing the outer layers to expand and cool. This expansion turns the star into a large, cool, and luminous red giant.