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Evolution of low-mass stars

The most boring kind of star. But also the simplest. And they make up 70% of all stars in the universe. And they last a long time. Note that there is no radiative zone, it is fully convective. So all of its hydrogen can be fused before running out.

They fuse hydrogen into helium using the PP chain at 10-12 million K, for nearly a trillion years.