Q: Do red dwarf stars go through the same life cycle as stars like the Sun, or is their process different?
Steve White
Burnaby, British Columbia
A: While both red dwarfs and stars like the Sun (solar-type stars) begin and end their lives similarly, their paths diverge during the intermediate stages.
A few million years after their birth, a star’s central core reaches a temperature high enough to support sustained nuclear reactions, generating energy by fusing hydrogen into helium. Du