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.

不像大恒星，同太阳一般大小恒星，死状就相对优雅多。它们非爆发性过程大约需要一万年时，弹射出其外部气体壳层。