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Towards the end of its life, a star with a size similar to ours will expand to a red giant star as the core contracts and heats up and the hydrogen fuel supply is consumed. It will eventually lose the outer layers and all that will be left is a core, a white dwarf reminant that will slowly cool over millions of years.

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Q: What happen to a sun-like star after it has used up all the fuel in its core?
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What type of star is large and compact?

the star that is large and compact is a g-type sunlike star.


What would happen if the sun had no core?

The core is necessary for a star's existence, it's the engine that keeps it from collapsing. When this engine runs out of fuel or its fuel vanishes, gravity overcomes and contracts the star until matter from the radiative zone is compressed enough to start fusing hydrogen again to counterbalance gravity.


What does a sunlike star become in the final state of it's life cycle?

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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.


When a main sequence star runs out of hydrogen to fuel the core of which type of star begins to form?

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When a main sequence star has the fuel in its core it becomes?

The next step in its life is to become a "red giant" star.


When a main-sequence star has exhausted the fuel in its core it becomes a .?

The next step in its life is to become a "red giant" star.


When a stars core collapses does a giant explosion happen?

Yes, if the star is massive enough when the core collapses a supernova explosion happens.


What is the parts of the star?

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How a star becames a white dwarf?

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What is the hottest part of a star?

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