... such as carbon, oxygen, and helium are consumed. This chain reaction fuels the star for millions or billions of years depending upon the amount of gases there are. The star manages to avoid collapsing at this point because of the equilibrium achieved by it. The gravitational pull from the core of the star is equal to the gravitational pull of the ... ...

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