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The 27 pages that link to Red giant, each with the reason it gives.

• Stellar evolutionBroader topic: It is a common post-main-sequence phase for stars with low or intermediate masses.

• Stellar windRelated: Red giants lose substantial mass through dense, slow stellar winds.

• White dwarfBroader topic: The progenitor expands into giant phases before shedding its envelope and leaving a compact remnant.

• Main sequenceCompared with: A red giant has left the main sequence after central hydrogen depletion.

• Hertzsprung–Russell diagramBroader topic: Expansion raises luminosity while lowering surface temperature, moving stars above and right of the main sequence.

• Planetary nebulaRelated: Low- and intermediate-mass progenitors pass through giant phases before shedding their envelopes.

• Stellar structureBroader topic: Its shell burning and enlarged envelope illustrate how structure changes after core hydrogen runs out.

• Stellar massBroader topic: Low- and intermediate-mass stars expand into giant phases as their cores evolve.

• Asymptotic giant branchNarrower topic: The branch is a later giant phase, reached after earlier expansion.

• Stellar radiusBroader topic: Its greatly enlarged radius distinguishes this evolutionary phase.

• Triple-alpha processRelated: Core helium fusion in many red giants relies on the triple-alpha process.

• BetelgeuseCompared with: Red giants are generally less massive than Betelgeuse’s red-supergiant class.

• Mira variableNarrower topic: Mira variables are cool, expanded red giants in a late stage of stellar evolution.

• AsteroseismologyBroader topic: Mixed oscillation modes reveal the internal structure of red giants.

• StarBroader topic: Lower- and intermediate-mass stars expand into red giants after leaving the main sequence.

• Circumstellar envelopeRelated: Red giants can shed material into envelopes as their outer layers expand.

• Helium flashNarrower topic: The helium flash occurs near the end of low-mass stars’ red-giant ascent.

• Mass–luminosity relationCompared with: Red giants do not follow the main-sequence mass–luminosity relation.

• Pre-main-sequence starCompared with: It is a later evolutionary phase, unlike the contraction that precedes the main sequence.

• Presolar grainNarrower topic: Some oxide grains record material processed and expelled during red-giant evolution.

• SubgiantBroader topic: Subgiant expansion leads toward this later evolutionary phase.

• Richard SmalleyRelated: Carbon-rich red giants supplied the astronomical setting for the molecular puzzle that motivated the collaboration.

• Giant starBroader topic: Red giants are the familiar cool, swollen subset of giant stars.

• Stellar astronomyBroader topic: Red giants show how stars change after leaving the main sequence.

• Future of EarthBroader topic: The Sun’s red-giant expansion will make Earth’s final physical fate increasingly extreme.

• Black dwarfRelated: The progenitor sheds its outer layers after expanding into this phase.

• Timeline of the far futureBroader topic: The Sun’s red-giant phase is a defining event in the Solar System’s distant future.