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What group of stars is the sun classified in?
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Supernova
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Hypernova
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Yellow Dwarf
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Red Supergiant
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The sun is classified as a yellow dwarf. Yellow dwarf stars are main-sequence stars in a stable phase of their lifecycle. They normally fuse hydrogen into helium in their cores to generate massive amounts of energy and light. A red supergiant is a type of star that has exhausted its hydrogen; our sun has not exhausted its hydrogen. A supernova and hypernova are types of explosions that destroy stars.
