After a star similar in mass to our Sun exhausts the nuclear fuel in its core and sheds its outer layers, what dense, cooling stellar remnant does it typically become?
💡 Explanation:
Stars with masses up to about eight times that of the Sun, upon exhausting their core hydrogen and helium, expand into a Red Giant phase before collapsing and ejecting their outer material. The remaining core, extremely dense and about the size of Earth, is known as a White Dwarf.
