Star

Cards (14)

  • Star
    • A natural luminous body visible in the sky especially night. at • A huge sphere of very hot glowing gas
  • A large star shines brighter than a small star.
  • A hot star shines brighter than a cool star.
  • apparent brightness
    is the brightness you see from Earth.
  • absolute brightness
    is the brightness the star would have if all stars were the same distance from Earth.
  • Blue
    Color of the star that is the hottest
  • Red
    Color of the star that is coolest
  • nebula
    Stars start out as diffused clouds of gas and dust drifting through space. A single one of these clouds is called a .
  • Protostar
    earliest stage of a star's life
  • White dwarf
    star left at the core of a planetary nebula
  • Black dwarf
    what a medium-mass star becomes at the end of its life
  • Supernova
    a red supergiant explodes
  • Neutron
    the remains of a high mass star
  • Black hole
    exerts such a strong gravitational pull that no light escapes