red supergiant

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red supergiant

An extremely large red giant star with a minimum of 15 solar masses. The best known red supergiant is Betelgeuse, with a luminosity about 10,000 times that of the Sun. When a supergiant collapses into a supernova, it may result in either a neutron star or a black hole.

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Antares astronomy Betelgeuse Mira Ceti			The star, a red supergiant, has a radius roughly the distance between the sun and Jupiter. Betelgeuse shrinks by Cowen, Ron / Science News Red supergiant stars are suspected to explode into type-II supernovas, cosmic explosions due to a massive star's internal collapse. Giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition Antares is a red supergiant, spectral type Ml, located 550 light years away and about 700 times the diameter of the Sun. Double stars in Scorpius by Ferreira, Lucas / Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa			Red Sea red seaweed red setter red shank red shift red shrubby penstemon red silk cotton red silk-cotton tree Red silver red silver fir red siskin red snapper red snow Red softening red sorrel red spider red spider mite Red Spot red sprites red spruce Red Square red squill red squirrel red state Red Sun red supergiant Red Tai red tape red tide red trillium red underwing red valerian Red viper Red vitriol red water red willow red wine red wolf red worm red-backed lemming red-backed mouse red-backed sandpiper red-backed shrike red-bellied black snake Red-bellied perch red-bellied snake red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle red-berried red-berried elder red-berry			Red Star Beverlo Red Star Youth Collective Red state Red State Update Red states and blue states red station clock Red Steel red stele Red Steppe Red Steppe Cattle Red Stick Fly Fishers Red Stick Roller Derby red stomach worm Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. red strawberry tongue red strawberry tongue red strawberry tongue Red Strike Force Red Stripe Red Stripe (beer) Red Stripe beer Red Stripe Music Award Red Stripe(beer) Red Sun Red Sun Army Red Sun Black Cross red supergiant Red supergiants Red Swamp Crawfish Red Swamp Crayfish Red Switch Project Red Switch To TRI-TAC Interface Red tag Red tag Red Tag Bastards Red Tai Red tail Red Tail Boa Red tail catfish Red tail hawk Red Tailed Black Shark Red tailed boa Red tailed boa Red tailed boa Red Tailed Hawk Red Tailed Hawk Red Tambov Cattle red tape red tape red tape red tape Red tapeworm Red tapeworm Red Tart Pitted Red Team Red Team Leader Course Red Telefónica Basica

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