- Star - Wikipedia
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity [1] The nearest star to Earth is the Sun Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light
- Star Symbol (★, ☆, ⚝) - Copy and Paste Text Symbols . . .
Copy and paste Star Symbol (★, ⋆, , , and more) Check Alt Codes and learn how to make specific symbols on the keyboard
- Stars - NASA Science
Astronomers call stars that are stably undergoing nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium main sequence star s This is the longest phase of a star’s life The star’s luminosity, size, and temperature will slowly change over millions or billions of years during this phase
- Star | Definition, Light, Names, Facts | Britannica
Star, any massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources This article describes the properties and evolution of individual stars Included in the discussion are the sizes, energetics, temperatures, masses, and chemical compositions of stars
- 100,000 Stars
An interactive 3D visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100,000 nearby stars Created for the Google Chrome web browser
- What Is a Star? - Scientific American
I love simple questions that wind up having complicated—or at least not straightforward—answers Astronomers twist themselves into knots, for example, trying to define what a planet is, even
- Star Facts - Interesting Facts about Stars - Space Facts
Stars are luminous spheres made of plasma – a superheated gas threaded with a magnetic field They are made mostly of hydrogen, which stars fuse
- Stars: Facts about stellar formation, history and classification
An intermediate-mass star begins with a cloud that takes about 100,000 years to collapse into a protostar with a surface temperature of about 6,750 degrees F (3,725 degrees C)
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