red giant (Meaning)

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red giant (n)

a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun

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a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun

fixed star, red dwarf, giant star,white dwarf, variable star, neutron star, supernova, binary star, red star, brown dwarf

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The aging sun will eventually evolve into a red giant, engulfing Earth in its fiery embrace.

Red giants are classified as stars with luminosities hundreds to thousands of times greater than our sun.

The intense heat from red giants causes them to emit a distinctive crimson glow.

The outermost layers of a red giant's atmosphere become unstable and are expelled into space, creating a beautiful planetary nebula.