low-mass star
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star
noun
uk/stɑːr/us/stɑːr/
a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky ...
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The current view oflow-massstarformation holds that the starless and prestellar core phases together last a few 106 years.
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This type oflow-massstarhas consumed the hydrogen at its core, evolved away from the main sequence, and passed through the red giant stage.
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In a verylow-massstar(less than about 0.5 solar mass), the core is never hot enough to ignite helium.
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The nebula was originally alow-massstarthat ejected its layers into space, forming the nebula.
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This was the second discovery of a brown dwarf that was found around alow-massstarwhose age was relatively young.
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The brightening may have been a so-called helium flash, where the core of a dyinglow-massstarsuddenly ignites helium fusion disrupting, but not destroying, the star.
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The theory oflow-massstarformation, which is well-supported by a plethora of observations, suggests that low-mass stars form by the gravitational collapse of rotating density enhancements within molecular clouds.
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Consequently, it is easier to find planets around low-mass stars and especially brown dwarfs.
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Convection in low-mass stars ensures that lithium in the whole volume of the star is depleted.
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The visible dark nebula emerging from the gaseous complex is an active site of the formation of low-mass stars.
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It is also easier to detect planets around low-mass stars as it increases planet-to-star mass ratio and thus gravitational microlensing effect is greater.
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By contrast, cool, very low-mass stars (below 0.4 solar masses) are convective throughout.
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However, the s-process occurs primarily in low-mass stars that evolve more slowly.
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