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  1. red giant: Through the nuclear
  2. fusion processes that convert
  3. hydrogen to helium, a star gradually
  4. consumes the hydrogen in its core.
  5. When most of the hydrogen has been
  6. depleted, the starΓÇÖs core contracts
  7. while its outer regions expand and
  8. cool, ultimately creating a red giant
  9. star. Billions of years from now,
  10. when our own Sun becomes a red
  11. giant, the Earth will be enveloped
  12. and destroyed. 
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