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  1. supergiant star: A huge, extremely
  2. bright star that may be 50,000 times
  3. more luminous than our Sun and
  4. 100 times larger. Stars of this type
  5. tend to die in spectacular, extremely
  6. violent explosions. Red supergiants
  7. burn at cooler temperatures while
  8. blue supergiants burn at
  9. exceptionally high ones.