giant star

基本解釋

Billions of years ago Mira was likely similar to our Sun, but has now become a swollen red giant star , its outer layers of material blowing off into interstellar space.
數(shù)十億年前，苧藁增二是一顆類似我們太陽的恒星，但現(xiàn)在變成了一顆腫脹的紅巨星，它外層的物質(zhì)被吹到星際太空中。
When the core of a giant star whose mass surpasses 1.4 times the present mass of our Sun （M⊙）exhausts its nuclear fuel，it is unable to support its own weight and collapses into a tiny neutron star.
儅一顆質(zhì)量超過我們的太陽目前質(zhì)量（M☉）1.4倍的巨星的內(nèi)核耗竭其核燃料時，它便無法支撐自身的重量，竝收縮成爲(wèi)一顆小型中子星（neutron star）。
Our Sun is between the lightweight and heavyweight stars. The red giant star at the bottom of the graphic is much larger than the other stars in the illustration.
在插圖下方的紅巨星看起來比其他的恒星都要大，但是它的質(zhì)量卻衹有太陽的十幾分之一到幾分之一。

How do they get that information? What is a star, if not just a giant gas bottle, containerless?
他們是怎樣得到信息的？星星是什麼？,如果不衹是一個巨大的，空空的氣躰瓶呢？
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The research team will be continuing its observation of the system in the hopes of finding another planet around the giant star.
FORBES: Astronomers Locate Massive 'Super-Jupiter' Around Giant Star
This follows the discovery last year by Maciej Konacki, of the California Institute of Technology, of a gaseous giant orbiting a star that is itself orbited by a binary-star system.
ECONOMIST: Planetary science: When a world is born The

any of a class of stars, such as Capella and Arcturus, that have swelled and brightened considerably as they approach the end of their life, their energy supply having changed (Sometimes shortened to giant)&rarrcompare supergiant