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Depends on its mass, really. But in general, since they use their fuel much slower than our Sun for example, a red dwarf may continue shining for a trillion years, or even for several trillion years - much, much longer than the current age of the Universe.

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There are millions of red giants in our galaxy alone. Red giants are older stars that have exhausted their core hydrogen fuel and expanded in size, making them relatively common in the later stages of stellar evolution.

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I can't tell if your reffering to the smaller star, the blue giant or if your talking about the blue supergiant. I will explain the latter. They have 10-50 solar masses. The biggest known blue supergiant is 50 times larger then the sun, in terms of size.

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The largest can have several hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

The largest can have several hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

The largest can have several hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

The largest can have several hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

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Only a very small fraction of stars are red giants at any given moment. But they do stand out, because they are extremely bright.

Only a very small fraction of stars are red giants at any given moment. But they do stand out, because they are extremely bright.

Only a very small fraction of stars are red giants at any given moment. But they do stand out, because they are extremely bright.

Only a very small fraction of stars are red giants at any given moment. But they do stand out, because they are extremely bright.

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The theoretical maximum mass that a star can have is about 150 times the mass of our Sun. Anything larger, and the fierceness of the solar radiation would push the excess mass away.

A star that's 150 times the mass of our Sun will be about a thousand times larger in diameter. If such as star were placed in the center of our solar system, it would swallow up Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt.

Very massive stars burn hotter and brighter, are much larger and consume their hydrogen fuel far more quickly that the Sun does. Our Sun is about 4.5 billion years old, and we expect it to continue to shine much as it does now for another 4 billion years or so. A super-massive star will form, shine very brightly for a few million years or less, and die spectacularly in a supernova explosion that will leave behind a "black hole in space", a place where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape from it.

Betelgeuse is a very massive supergiant star, about 10 million years old. It is already approaching the end of its life, and will probably go supernova within the span of humanity.

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Typical red giants are red giants for about a couple of million years.

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The largest can have several hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

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Only a very small fraction of stars are red giants at any given moment. But they do stand out, because they are extremely bright.

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Giant stars come in all the normal star colors, though yellow giants are rare compared to blue or red.

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