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 In geometry, a star polygon is a type of non-convex polygon. Regular star polygons have been studied in depth; while star polygons in general appear not to have been formally defined, Decagram (geometry)#Related figures, certain notable ones can ...

, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially *

Star (glyph) In typography, a star is any of several glyphs with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk. Four points Five points See also * Mullet (heraldry) * Pentagram Six points See ...

, a typographical symbol *

Star (heraldry) In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced. While there has been much confusion between the two due to their similar shape, a star with ...

, 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) In sport, some national and club teams include one or more stars as part of (or beside) the team badge (often referred to as a "crest (sports), crest") appearing on their Uniform#Sports, kits, often on the shirts, to represent important achieve ...

, 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 movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies. The term is used for performers who are marketable stars as they become popular household names and whose names ...

, 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 Patrick Star is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first ...

, 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 () is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Konami. It first had a limited Japanese release in October 1984, before having a wide release nationwide in January 1985 and then internationally in March. Along with '' Karate Champ'' (1 ...

'' ** ''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) ''Star'' is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Elan. The film is jointly produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad and Sreenidhi Sagar under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra and Rise East Entertainment. It stars Kav ...

, an Indian Tamil film

Gaming

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

Super Mario (also known as and is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every ma ...

'' 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 ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' (often shortened to ''Ziggy Stardust'') is the fifth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 16June 1972 in the United Kingdom through RCA Records. It was ...

'' * "Star", by Brotherhood of Man from ''

Images An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a project ...

'' * "Star", by Stela Cole * "Star", by Estelle * "Star", by

Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English pop singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known f ...

* "Star", by Rebecca Ferguson from ''

Superwoman Superwoman is the name of several fictional characters in DC Comics. Most of them are, like Supergirl, women with powers similar to those of Superman, such as flight, invulnerability, and enhanced strength. In 1942, DC Comics trademarked the n ...

'' * "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 Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month. She went on to make regular appearan ...

* ''Star'', a novel by

Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 milli ...

* "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 "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in '' Rhymes for the Nursery'', a c ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Star (guitar) The star is a body shape of solid body electric guitar, particularly favoured for heavy metal music. It blends some features of the Gibson Flying V and Gibson Explorer, both of them much older designs. Eddie Van Halen hacked his explorer-shaped I ...

, a guitar body shape *

Star (Disney+) Star (stylized as ST★R) is an international content hub within the Disney+ streaming service that launched on February 23, 2021. The hub is available in a subset of countries where Disney+ is operated, except the United States, where Hulu an ...

, a hub within the Disney+ streaming service for an adult audience *

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Cinema and also known as ABS-CBN Films (since 2018), is a Philippines, Philippine film studio, film, television production company, production and distribution (marketing), di ...

, 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 Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and featured titles that were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys. The last comic published under the imprint ...

, 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 ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is a Philippine talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Founded in 1992, Star Magic ha ...

, a talent agency in the Philippines * Star Media Group, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. *

Star Music Star Music (also known as Star Records and corporately as Star Recording, Inc.) is a Philippine record label owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corpora ...

, 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 Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych "Star" (FSC Star), also known simply as Star, was a Polish truck manufacturer. The name comes from the City of Starachowice, where the factory is located. Their first vehicle was the ''Star 20'' in 1948. The mo ...

, a Polish truck manufacturer *

Società Torinese Automobili Rapid Società Torinese Automobili Rapid, also known as S.T.A.R. and Rapid, was an Italian car manufacturer founded by Giovanni Battista Ceirano in Turin in July 1904. ''Rapid'' was its trademark. In 1921 it was acquired by the S.P.A. (Società Pie ...

an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921 *

Star Motor Company The Star Motor Company was a British car and commercial vehicle maker based in Wolverhampton and active from 1898 to 1932. At its peak Star was the UK's sixth largest car manufacturer and produced around 1000 cars a year.Collins, Paul & Strat ...

, 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 star transit is the passage of a star across the field of view of a telescope eyepiece. The precise observation of star transits is the basis of many methods in astronomy and in geodesy. The measurements can be done in different ways: # v ...

, 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) STAR is an American interbank network. It is the largest interbank network in the United States, with 2 million ATMs, 134 million cardholders and over 5,700 participating financial institutions. The STAR Network began in 1984 and was acquired ...

, the largest American interbank network *

Star Bonifacio Echeverria Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. was a manufacturer of small arms (principally pistol caliber firearms such as handguns and submachine guns) in the Basque region of Spain from about 1905 until 1997. Company history Bonifacio Echeverria and the an ...

, a defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer *

Star Entertainment Group The Star Entertainment Group Limited is an Australian gambling and entertainment company. The company was formerly known as Echo Entertainment. Star is Australia's biggest listed casino group. Following a money laundering scandal and 3 years of ...

, an Australian gambling and entertainment company **

The Star, Sydney The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Melbourne, Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Ha ...

, a casino **

The Star Gold Coast The Star Gold Coast (formerly Jupiters Hotel and Casino) is an integrated resort located in the suburb of Broadbeach, Queensland, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The casino, which was Queensland's ...

, 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) The Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) is an elite police tactical unit, tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force responsible for conducting counter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations in Singapore. It is under operational control of th ...

, a division of the Singapore Police Force * Special Task and Rescue, a division of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency *

Special Tasks and Rescue Special Tasks and Rescue Group (STAR Group) is the Police Tactical Group of the South Australia Police. History Formed on 30 November 1978, the South Australian Police 'STAR Force' was a rationalisation of specialist resources into one comman ...

, (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 Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was an organization founded by Stonewall veterans Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson in the wake of the Weinstein Hall occupation to advocate for LGBTQ rights. Taking influence from contemporar ...

, 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 Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (also known by its initials as GLOW or G.L.O.W.) is a women's professional wrestling promotion that began in 1986 (the pilot was filmed in December 1985) and has continued in various forms after it left television. ...

* 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 Star is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, southeast of Jackson. Its ZIP code is 39167, area code is 601 and local exchange is 845. The elevation is 423 feet. Star appears on the Star U.S. Geological Survey Map. The com ...

, 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 is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States. Star Lake was probably so named from its roughly star-like outline. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land ...

* 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 The Star Mountains ( Dutch ( colonial)'': Sterrengebergte''; Indonesian'': Pegunungan Bintang'') are a mountain range in eastern end of Highland Papua, Indonesia and the western Papua New Guinea, stretching from the eastern end of Indonesia t ...

, 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 The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, commonly referred to as StAR (STARD1), is a transport protein that regulates cholesterol transfer within the mitochondria, which is the rate-limiting step in the production of steroid hormones. It is ...

(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 The Xerox Star workstation, officially named Xerox Star 8010 Information System, is the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies that have since become standard in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a window- ...

, 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) In combinatorial game theory, star, written as or , is the value given to the game where both players have only the option of moving to the zero game. Star may also be denoted as the surreal form . This game is an unconditional first-player win. ...

, 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 link in a simplicial complex is a generalization of the neighborhood of a vertex in a graph. The link of a vertex encodes information about the local structure of the complex at the vertex. Link of a vertex Given an abstract simplicial compl ...

, 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 Synthetic thinned aperture radiometry (STAR) is a method of radar in which the coherent product (correlation) of the signal from pairs of antennas is measured at different antenna-pair spacings (baselines). These products yield sample points in the ...

, an interferometric radar method *

Star Bus Star Bus is a satellite bus family of Orbital ATK. It was originally developed by Thomas van der Heyden, co-founder of CTAI, and later sold to and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Star Bus satellite platform is designed for ...

, 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 The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race (STAR) is an east-to-west yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single-handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth in England to Newport, Rhode Island in t ...

, 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) The Star is a family of US solid-propellant rocket motors originally developed by Thiokol and used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages. They are used almost exclusively as an upper stage, often as an apogee kick motor. The number ...

, a family of American solid-fuel rocket motors

Land

Star (automobile) Star was an American automobile company that was assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928. Also known as the Star Car, Star was envisioned as a competitor against the Ford Model T and Chevrolet. In the United Kingdom, it w ...

, a marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928 *

American Star Bicycle The American Star Bicycle was invented in 1880 by G. W. Pressey and manufactured by the H. B. Smith Machine Company in Smithville, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was characterized by a small wheel in front to avoid the problem of tipping fo ...

, 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 The Suburban Transit Access Route (or STAR Line) was a proposed railway project in northwest and outer suburban Chicago, Illinois, United States. On January 30, 2003, Metra announced plans to build a new service line that would introduce a new fle ...

, 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 mansion (星宿, pinyin: Xīng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird The Vermilion Bird ( zh, c=朱雀, p=Zhūquè) is one of the Four Symbols ...

* 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 Pyrotechnic stars are pellets of pyrotechnic composition which may contain metal powders, salts or other compounds that, when ignited, burn a certain color or make a certain spark effect. They are a part of all projectile-type fireworks. The mo ...

, in fireworks displays * Situation, task, action, result, an interview technique *

STAR voting STAR voting is an electoral system for single-seat elections. The name (an allusion to Star (classification), star ratings) stands for "Score Then Automatic Runoff", referring to the fact that this system is a combination of score voting, to pi ...

(Score Then Automatic Runoff), a cardinal electoral system *

The Star (Tarot card) The Star (XVII) is the 17th trump (card games), ranking or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in Tarot card games, game playing as well as in Tarot reading, divination. Description and symbolism A naked woman kneels ...

, a Major Arcana tarot card * Star Scout (Boy Scouts of America), the third-highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America