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  1. 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 …

  2. Home - The Coastal Star

    Pippi had been the office cat for The Coastal Star for 11 years. She ruled the roost since she was a tiny kitten — shredding her stuffed mice across the floor and inspecting everyone’s carried-in lunch.

  3. Star | Definition, Light, Names, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · A star is any massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. Of the tens of billions of trillions of stars in the observable universe, …

  4. Stars - NASA Science

    May 2, 2025 · A star’s gas provides its fuel, and its mass determines how rapidly it runs through its supply, with lower-mass stars burning longer, dimmer, and cooler than very massive stars.

  5. What is a star? - Cool Cosmos

    A star is a huge sphere of very hot, glowing gas. Stars produce their own light and energy by a process called nuclear fusion. Fusion happens when lighter elements are forced to become heavier elements. …

  6. Star - Formation, Evolution, Lifecycle | Britannica

    Dec 12, 2025 · Star - Formation, Evolution, Lifecycle: Throughout the Milky Way Galaxy (and even near the Sun itself), astronomers have discovered stars that are well evolved or even approaching …

  7. STAR eligibility - NYS Department of Taxation and Finance

    Nov 21, 2025 · Eligible types of property houses condominiums cooperative apartments manufactured homes farm houses Special eligibility rules Nursing home residents If you own your home, you're …

  8. Star – Definition & Detailed Explanation - Sentinel Mission

    Oct 22, 2025 · Yellow Dwarf Stars: Our sun is a yellow dwarf star, with a temperature of about 5,500 degrees Celsius. These stars are medium-sized and are in the middle of the temperature range.

  9. What Is a Star? | Scientific American

    Apr 11, 2025 · In a very broad sense, a star is simply one of those twinkling points of light you can see in the night sky. But that’s not terribly satisfying in either lexicological or physical terms.

  10. What is a Star? - Universe Guide

    Dec 13, 2025 · The simplest way to describe a star is that it is a great ball of fire, but it is more complicated than that. A star is a giant ball of hydrogen turning into helium through nuclear fusion.