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When a star tuns red it ceases to fuse hydrogen in its core and starts to fuse other elements (notably helium). When this happens the core shrinks but gets much hotter and the outer envelope of the star expands. This means that while the star is pumping out more energy this is happening over a wider area of surface so the temperature of any one area of the stellar surface is lower than it was before - and the star looks red.

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