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star A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sk ...
is a luminous astronomical object. Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:


Shapes and symbols

* Star polygon, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially * Star (glyph), a typographical symbol * Star (heraldry), star-like shapes used in heraldry *
Star (classification) Star ratings are a type of rating scale using a star glyph or similar typographical symbol. It is used by reviewers for ranking things such as films, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. For example, a system of one to five stars is commonly us ...
, a rating system for hotels, movies, or other products * Star (sport badge), on a team uniform, representing titles won


Arts and entertainment

*
Celebrity Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group due to the attention given to them by mass media. The word is also used to refer to famous individuals. A person may attain celebrity status by having great w ...
** Movie star, a person famous for performing in films *
Leading actor A leading actor, leading actress, or leading man or lady or simply lead (), plays a main role in a film, television show or play. The word ''lead'' may also refer to the largest role in the piece, and ''leading actor'' may refer to a person w ...
, or the star of a production


Fictional entities

* S.T.A.R. Labs, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe * Star (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics * Star Butterfly, a character in the Disney animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Patrick Star, a character in the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' * Characters named Star also appear in: ** '' The Good Night Show'' and its spin-off '' Nina's World'' ** The game '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' ** ''Wish'' (film)


Films

* ''The Star'' (1952 film), an American film * ''The Star'' (1953 film), a Russian film * ''Star!'' (film), a 1968 American musical * ''Star'' (1982 film), an Indian Hindi film * '' Danielle Steel's Star'', a 1993 American television film * ''Star'' (2001 film), an Indian Tamil film * ''The Star'' (2002 film), a Russian remake of the 1953 film * ''Star'' (2014 film), a Russian comedy * ''Star'' (2015 film), a Canadian short drama film * ''The Star'' (2017 film), an American animated film * Star (2024 Indian film), an Indian Tamil film


Gaming

* ''Star'' (board game) * '' *Star'', board game * Star, an item that grants invincibility in the '' Super Mario'' franchise


Music


Albums

* ''Star'' (702 album) * ''Star'' (Belly album) * ''StAR'' (Jan Garbarek album) * ''Star'' (Milky album) * ''Star'' (Murk album) * ''Star'' (Mika Nakashima album) * ''Star'' (Super Junior album) * '' Star/Boom Boom'', the soundtrack album to the 1982 film ''Star'' * ''The Star'' (album), by JO1


Songs

* "Star" (Brockhampton song) * "Star" (Bryan Adams song) * "Star" (Kevin Ayers song) * "Star" (Earth, Wind & Fire song) * "Star" (Erasure song) * "Star" (Extreme song) * "Star" (Heavy Moss song) * "Star" (Loona song) * "Star" (Primal Scream song) * "Star" (Stealers Wheel song) * "Star" (Stellar song) * "Star", by Bazzi from '' Cosmic'' * "Star", by Biddu and Zohaib Hassan from '' Star/Boom Boom'' * "Star", by David Bowie from '' The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' * "Star", by Brotherhood of Man from '' Images'' * "Star", by Stela Cole * "Star", by Estelle * "Star", by Kiki Dee * "Star", by Rebecca Ferguson from '' Superwoman'' * "Star", by Terri Walker from '' L.O.V.E'' * "Star", by The Crash from ''
Wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introdu ...
'' * "Star", by The Cult from ''
The Cult The Cult are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury ...
'' * "Star", by Hellyeah from their eponymous album * "Star", by The Hollies from '' Write On'' * "Star", by Savoy from '' Mountains of Time'' * "Star", by Silverbullit * "Star (*)", by Project 86 from '' Drawing Black Lines'' * "The Star" (Mariah Carey song) * "The Star" (Ross D. Wyllie song) * "The Star", by Kikki Danielsson from '' Midnight Sunshine''


Television

* ''Star'' (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox * ''The Star'' (TV series), a Thai singing competition reality show * "The Star" (''Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake''), an episode of the animated series * "The Star" (''Homeland''), the season 3 finale of the series * "The Star" (''The Twilight Zone''), an episode based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story


Writing

* ''Star'', a novel by Pamela Anderson * ''Star'', a novel by Danielle Steel * "Star" (short story), by Yukio Mishima * "The Star" (Clarke short story), by Arthur C. Clarke * "The Star" (Wells short story), by H. G. Wells, written in 1897 * "The Star", a poem by Jane Taylor, the first line of which is " Twinkle, twinkle, little star"


Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Star (guitar), a guitar body shape * Star (Disney+), a hub within the Disney+ streaming service for an adult audience * Star Cinema, a television production and film distributor company in the Philippines * Star Cinema Circuit, an historic Australian cinema chain, proprietors D. Clifford Theatres * Star Distribution, a Latin American and Brazilian film distributor * Star Theatre (disambiguation), several cinemas and theatres * The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore


Businesses


Media

* ''Star'' (newspaper), various newspapers called either ''Star'' or ''The Star'' * ''Star'' (magazine), an American celebrity tabloid * '' St. Austin Review'' (''StAR''), a Catholic magazine * ''The Star'' (Bangladesh), a current affairs magazine * Star, a historical bookseller, founded by Henry Denham in Paternoster Row, London * List of radio stations named Star; see also Star FM (disambiguation) * Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984–1988) * Star Film (Dutch East Indies company), a Dutch East Indies former film production company * Star FM (disambiguation), the name of several radio broadcasters * Star Magic, a talent agency in the Philippines * Star Media Group, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. * Star Music, a recording company in the Philippines * Star TV (disambiguation), the name of several TV broadcasters and streaming services


Transport companies


Air

* Star Air (disambiguation), several airlines * Star Airlines, a former name of XL Airways France *
Star Alliance Star Alliance is an airline alliance headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded on 14 May 1997, it was the world's first global airline alliance. Star Alliance has 25 member airlines that operate a combined fleet of over 5,000 aircraft, servi ...
, an alliance of airlines * Star Aviation, an Algerian airline


Land

* FSC Star, a Polish truck manufacturer * Società Torinese Automobili Rapid an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921 * Star Motor Company, an 1898–1932 British car manufacturer * Star Motorcycles, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, US * Service des transports en commun de l'agglomération rennaise r a public transport operator in Rennes, France * STAR Transit, a transit agency in Texas


Sea

* Star Cruises, a cruise line *
Star Ferry The Star Ferry () is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The service is operated by the Star Ferry Com ...
, a Hong Kong ferryboat service * Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company


Other businesses

* STAR (interbank network), the largest American interbank network * Star Bonifacio Echeverria, a defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer * Star Entertainment Group, an Australian gambling and entertainment company ** The Star, Sydney, a casino ** The Star Gold Coast, a casino and hotel * STAR Lager, a Nigerian beer brand * Star Market, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston, US * Star Micronics, a Japanese printer manufacturer


Education

* California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, a school assessment program * New York State School Tax Relief Program, or STAR Program * Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian public school


Law enforcement

* Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore), a division of the Singapore Police Force * Special Task and Rescue, a division of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency * Special Tasks and Rescue, (STAR Group) a police unit of the South Australia police


Navy-related

* , several Royal Navy ships * , a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named ''Star'' * , a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command


Private organizations

* STAR (student association) * Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, a British organization * Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a former American organization * Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal, an American Jewish organisation


People

* Star (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Star, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling * Star Jr. (born 1994), the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler * Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group OMG Girlz


Places


United Kingdom

* Star, Fife, a village in Scotland * Star, Pembrokeshire, a hamlet in Wales * Star, Somerset, a hamlet in the civil parish of Shipham, England * Star, a small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Wales


United States

* Star, Idaho, a city * Star, Munising Township, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Star, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Star, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Star, North Carolina, a town * Star, Texas, an unincorporated community * Star Island (disambiguation) * Star Lake (Cook County, Minnesota) * Star Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota), a lake in central Minnesota * Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin) * Star Township (disambiguation), various townships * Star Valley (Wyoming), valley in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho


Elsewhere

* Star, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada * Star, Bryansk Oblast, Russia * Star, Novgorod Oblast, Russia * Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea * The Star, Singapore, a shopping mall and performing arts centre in Singapore


Science and technology


Biology

* STAR (gene), the gene that encodes steroidogenic acute regulatory protein * Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), a transport protein * ''Ulmus americana'' 'Star', an elm cultivar


Computing

* STAR (software), an educational software series * Star (Unix), an implementation of the tar file archiver * Xerox Star, a 1981 computer workstation *
Kleene star In mathematical logic and theoretical computer science, the Kleene star (or Kleene operator or Kleene closure) is a unary operation on a Set (mathematics), set to generate a set of all finite-length strings that are composed of zero or more repe ...
, a wildcard symbol used in computer science


Mathematics

* Star (game theory), a position in combinatorial game theory *
Star (graph theory) In graph theory, a star is the complete bipartite graph a tree (graph theory), tree with one internal node and leaves (but no internal nodes and leaves when ). Alternatively, some authors define to be the tree of order (graph theory), orde ...
, a graph with a structure that resembles a star * Star (simplicial complex), the set of simplices containing a given vertex in a simplicial complex


Other uses in science and technology

* STAR detector, a particle physics experiment * Synthetically thinned aperture radar, an interferometric radar method * Star Bus, a satellite platform


Sport

* KK Star, a basketball club in Serbia * Supporters' Trust at Reading, a Reading Football Club supporters' organization * Manglerud Star Ishockey, a Norwegian hockey team * Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, a yacht race * Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat * The Star (stadium), an indoor stadium in Frisco, Texas


Transportation


Aerospace

* Standard terminal arrival route, a flight procedure * Star (rocket stage), a family of American solid-fuel rocket motors


Land

* Star (automobile), a marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928 * American Star Bicycle, an early type of bicycle * Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, or STAR Tollway, an expressway in the Philippines * GWR 4000 Class, or Star, a type of steam locomotive * GWR Star Class, a type of steam locomotive * Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line, a defunct rail proposal in Chicago, US


Sea

* MS ''Star'' (1978), originally ''Merzario Hispania'' and later MS ''Nordic Ferry'', a car ferry * MS ''Star'' (2006), a Ro-Pax ferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink * Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat


Other uses

* Barn star * Star (Chinese constellation) * The Star (Ketchikan, Alaska), a historic commercial building in Ketchikan, Alaska * Star (dog), a dog who was shot by the New York City Police * Star, a horse coat facial marking * '' An-Najm'' ("The Star"), the 53rd ''sura'' of the Qur'an * Pyrotechnic star, in fireworks displays * Situation, task, action, result, an interview technique * STAR voting (Score Then Automatic Runoff), a cardinal electoral system * The Star (Tarot card), a Major Arcana tarot card * Star Scout (Boy Scouts of America), the third-highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America


See also

* * * Stars (disambiguation) * * (disambiguation) *
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* Asterisk (disambiguation) * Die Sterne (disambiguation) * Starchild (disambiguation) * Stardust (disambiguation) * Starfish (disambiguation) * Starlight (disambiguation) * Starman (disambiguation) * Starr (disambiguation) * Starz (disambiguation) *
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