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Low- and intermediate-mass stars spend most of their lives fusing hydrogen on the main sequence, then evolve through red-giant and helium-burning phases before losing their envelopes and ending as white dwarfs.
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Core hydrogen depletion removes the original central energy source, allowing the core to contract and heat while hydrogen burns in a surrounding shell.
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