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Objects massive enough to start burning hydrogen in nuclear fusion are called stars. Our Sun is a middle-sized, middle-aged "G-type" Main Sequence star. Stars "our" size and smaller will exhaust their fuel and go quietly to sleep as white dwarfs.
Credit: SPACE.com / Dave Brody
