Just as a low-mass main-sequence star runs out of fuel in its core,it grows more luminous.How is this possible?
A) It explodes.
B) It begins to fuse helium in the core.
C) Its core expands as it runs out of fuel.
D) Its core shrinks,bringing more hydrogen fuel into the burning region.
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