Unlike their more massive counterparts, sunlike stars are thought to die gracefully by ejecting their outer gaseous layers in a nonexplosive process that takes about 10,000 years.

不像大质量恒星，同太阳一般大小恒星，死状优雅多。它爆发性过程大约需要一万年时间，逐步弹射出其外部气体壳层。