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The outer layers begin to expand, cool and shine less brightly. The expanding star is now called a Red Giant. The star expands to a Red Giant, below. Stage 8 - The helium core runs out, and the outer layers drift of away from the core as a gaseous shell, this gas that surrounds the core is called a Planetary Nebula.A Planetary Nebula. (Below, NGC 6543).he outer layers begin to expand, cool and shine less brightly. The expanding star is now called a Red Giant. The star expands to a Red Giant, below. Stage 8 - The helium core runs out, and the outer layers drift of away from the core as a gaseous shell, this gas that surrounds the core is called a Planetary Nebula.
At about this time, about 1 million years after the nebula cooled, the star would generate a very strong solar wind, which would sweep away all of the gas left in the protoplanetary nebula. If a protoplanet was large enough, soon enough, its gravity would pull in the nebular gas, and it would become a gas giant. If not, it would remain a rocky or icy body. At this point, the solar system is composed only of solid, protoplanetary bodies and gas giants. The planetesimals would slowly collide with each other and become more massive. Eventually, after ten to a hundred million years, you end up with ten or so planets, in stable orbits, and that's a solar system.