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falling star
(Encyclopedia)falling star: see meteor.dwarf star
(Encyclopedia)dwarf star: see white dwarf.star anise
(Encyclopedia)star anise: see under anise.supergiant star
(Encyclopedia)supergiant star: see red giant.Star Wars
(Encyclopedia)Star Wars: see Strategic Defense Initiative. ...eclipsing binary star
(Encyclopedia)eclipsing binary star: see binary star; variable star. ...star cluster
(Encyclopedia)star cluster, a group of stars near each other in space and resembling each other in certain characteristics that suggest a common origin for the group. Stars in the same cluster move at the same rate...feather star
(Encyclopedia)feather star, common name of a class of echinoderms that, as juveniles, are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk with rootlike branches; the mouth side faces upward. In the adult stage they break awa...Wolf-Rayet star
(Encyclopedia)Wolf-Rayet star: see spectral class. ...main-sequence star
(Encyclopedia)main-sequence star: see Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. ...Browse by Subject
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