wat really is a star?

Answer 1

A sun very far away.

Answer 2

A star is a enormous ball of burning gases. These stars group together to form galaxies (Ours being the Milky Way). The nearest Star to Earth is our sun and this provides us with daylight and valuable energy which helps plants grow. Millions of stars are seen in the night sky when they are not outshone by our sun during the day. A star shines because of fusions within its core, this releases energy which disperse into outer space. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma. Stars group together to form galaxies, and they dominate the visible universe. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth, including daylight. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the Sun. A star shines because nuclear fusion in its core releases energy which traverses the star's interior and then radiates into outer space. Almost all elements heavier than hydrogen and helium were created inside the cores of stars.

Astronomers can determine the mass, age, chemical composition and many other properties of a star by observing its spectrum, luminosity and motion through space. The total mass of a star is the principal determinant in its evolution and eventual fate. Other characteristics of a star that are determined by its evolutionary history include the diameter, rotation, movement and temperature. A plot of the temperature of many stars against their luminosities, known as a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R diagram), allows the current age and evolutionary state of a particular star to be determined.

A star begins as a collapsing cloud of material that is composed primarily of hydrogen along with some helium and heavier trace elements. Once the stellar core is sufficiently dense, some of the hydrogen is steadily converted into helium through the process of nuclear fusion. The remainder of the star's interior carries energy away from the core through a combination of radiative and convective processes. These processes keep the star from collapsing upon itself and the energy generates a stellar wind at the surface and radiation into outer space.[1]

Once the hydrogen fuel at the core is exhausted, a star of at least 0.4 times the mass of the Sun[2] expands to become a red giant, fusing heavier elements at the core, or in shells around the core. It then evolves into a degenerate form, recycling a portion of the matter into the interstellar environment where it will form a new generation of stars with a higher proportion of heavy elements.[3]

Binary and multi-star systems consist of two or more stars that are gravitationally bound, and generally move around each other in stable orbits. When two such stars have a relatively close orbit, their gravitational interaction can have a significant impact on their evolution.[4]

Answer 4

a star is just like our sun, but millions of lightyears away so all you can see is a little speck in the sky!

Answer 5

I just gave you 1

Answer 6

S--sunny and bright
T---twinkles at night
A---always around
R---really hard to catch one when it falls

lol xxxxx STAR

Answer 7

I gave you one,its if you think its a good or interesting question :)
I hope I helped =]

Answer 8

Find it for yourself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star...

Answer 9

a sparkling speck in the sky

Answer 10

self loathing, immature, self centered, egocentric people with no job skills.