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  1. Stars - NASA Science

    May 2, 2025 · Stars are giant balls of hot gas – mostly hydrogen, with some helium and small amounts of other elements. Every star has its own life cycle, ranging from a few million to trillions of years, and …

  2. Star - Wikipedia

    Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations …

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

    Oct 27, 2025 · 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.

  4. Stars—facts and information | National Geographic

    Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges inside their cores.

  5. What are stars? - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

    Jun 3, 2025 · Stars are a fundamental component in the Universe and collectively form star clusters, galaxies and galaxy clusters. Find out more about star names, star clusters to see with the naked …

  6. What Is a Star and How Does It Work? - ThoughtCo

    May 8, 2025 · Stars are huge balls of hot, glowing gas that make light and heat through fusion. Stars come in different sizes and colors, and each one has a life cycle like our Sun. As stars die, they …

  7. Stars | Astronomy.com

    Nov 20, 2025 · Stars are spherical balls of hot, ionized gas (plasma) held together by their own gravity. Stars are the most fundamental building blocks of our universe.

  8. Stars - WorldAtlas

    Sep 21, 2024 · Stars are massive, luminous spheres of gas, mainly composed of hydrogen, with smaller amounts of helium and other elements. The lifespan of a star varies widely, generally ranging from …

  9. 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. …

  10. Stars - NASA

    Mar 31, 2025 · This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region... Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope …