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A dead star is one that no longer experiences nuclear fusion. This happens when a star runs out of hydrogen it can use to convert to helium.
hydrogen fusion in the core. eventually runs out of hydrogen in the core and hydrogen fusion moves to the shell whilst the core contracts (star expands into red giant)...star leaves the main sequence.
The basic idea is that once a star runs out of hydrogen fuel, it starts contracting until it gets hot enough to fuse helium into heavier elements. This happens at temperatures that are quite a bit higher than the temperatures required to fuse hydrogen into helium.
A "red giant" star can fuse both hydrogen (in the star's outer shells) and helium (in the core).
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Usually the fact that the star runs out of fuel.
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red giant
A dead star is one that no longer experiences nuclear fusion. This happens when a star runs out of hydrogen it can use to convert to helium.
hydrogen fusion in the core. eventually runs out of hydrogen in the core and hydrogen fusion moves to the shell whilst the core contracts (star expands into red giant)...star leaves the main sequence.
A red giant forms when a star runs out of hydrogen fuel at its core and starts fusing hydrogen in a shell around the core the core. This causes the star to expand and cool.
Stars a giant balls of gas mainly hydrogen and helium. inside a star there are such temperatures that hydrogen fusion occurs making helium and when the star runs outta hydrogen it gets hotter and helium fusion occurs then carbon fusion etc etc. so ultimately it depends on the age of the star.
Hydrogen is extreamly abundant.
The "main sequence" is the region (on the HR diagram) for stars which burn hydrogen-1. Once stars use up most of their hydrogen-1 (and have significant amounts of helium-4), they leave the main sequence.