On the nature of VX Sagitarii: Is it the first galactic super-AGB star found?
Stars with initial masses above ~10 M ⊙ have an internal evolution completely different from those in the range between 4 and ~10 M ⊙. The former are able to ignite all the elements up to Fe in their cores without degeneration (becoming into red supergiants; RSGs). The latter are not, and they become into red giants first, and later into asymptotic
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