Red-giant

red giant

A star of great size and brightness that has a relatively low surface temperature.

red giant

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) a giant star towards the end of its life, with a relatively low temperature of 2000-4000 K, that emits red light

red giant

A giant star that has a relatively low surface temperature, giving it a reddish or orange hue. Red giants are non-main-sequence stars positioned in the upper right of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. They are not massive stars but rather late, expanded stages of lower-mass main-sequence stars that have exhausted the hydrogen in their core and are fusing their remaining hydrogen into helium in a luminous outer shell. The Sun is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion years, expanding to 70 times its current size and bringing its surface extremely close to Earth's present orbit. See more at star. See Note at dwarf star.

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

red giant star

star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

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Byline: ANI Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is orbiting dangerously close to a red-giant star.

Scientists find new planet orbiting dangerously close to red giant ... by Asian News International

Still, "now at least we know that a giant planet at an [Earthlike] distance can survive" its parent star's red-giant phase, says Roberto Silvotti of the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.

Planet survivor by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids

When the blue-giant wind caught up with the red-giant wind, it apparently compressed the material into an hourglass shape.

Mysterious rings surround supernova by Cowen, Ron / Science News

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