A low-mass main-sequence star's climb up the red giant branch is halted by
A) the end of hydrogen shell burning.
B) the beginning of helium fusion in the core.
C) electron-degeneracy pressure in the core.
D) instabilities in the star's expanding outer layers.
E) an explosion that destroys the star.
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