giant star

基本解释

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.
数十亿年前，苧藁增二是一颗类似我们太阳的恒星，但现在变成了一颗肿胀的红巨星，它外层的物质被吹到星际太空中。
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.
当一颗质量超过我们的太阳目前质量（M☉）1.4倍的巨星的内核耗竭其核燃料时，它便无法支撑自身的重量，并收缩成为一颗小型中子星（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.
在插图下方的红巨星看起来比其他的恒星都要大，但是它的质量却只有太阳的十几分之一到几分之一。

How do they get that information? What is a star, if not just a giant gas bottle, containerless?
他们是怎样得到信息的？星星是什么？,如果不只是一个巨大的，空空的气体瓶呢？
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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.
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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