Stellar Envelope
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Stellar envelope may mean:
- Part of the starStarA star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
where fusion reactionsNuclear fusionNuclear fusion is the process by which two or more atomic nuclei join together, or "fuse", to form a single heavier nucleus. This is usually accompanied by the release or absorption of large quantities of energy...
are not running - Common envelopeCommon envelopeIn astronomy, a common envelope refers to a short-lived phase in the evolution of a binary star in which the largest of the two stars has initiated unstable mass transfer to its companion star. Mass transfer is unstable when the radius of the donor star expands more rapidly or shrinks less...
in a binary system