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Because the larger mass means more core pressure, making fuel (hydrogen turning into helium) burn faster and more frequently, resulting in a hotter, brigher star. A small mass star has less fuel and internal pressure, so it generates less light and is red in color. A medium star like our sun burns moderately, and is yellow.

The H-R Diagram places these stars in spectral classes, from biggest and hottest to smallest and dimmest, and the orders are O, B, A, F, G, K and M. We are a type G star.

Think of a fire; the more fuel you put on it, the hotter and brighter it blazes and it can become white-hot if it is a very intense fire. As the ashes burn down, the fire is smaller, dimmer and the coals appear red, which is cooler.

The principle is the same with stars; the bigger and hotter they are, the brighter they burn but they have shorter lives than do moderate and small stars.

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