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Featured Article: Fixed star
Fixed star is an expression often used in referring to the stars, because their places in the sky relative to one another do not seem to change. See more »
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Algol
Algol, AL gol, also called Beta Persei, is the second brightest star in the constellation Perseus.
See more »Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri, AL fuh sehn TAWR eye, is a multiple star system in the constellation Centaurus.
See more »Antares
Antares, also called Alpha Scorpii, is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
See more »Arcturus
Arcturus, ahrk TUR uhs, also called Alpha Bootis, ranks as the fifth brightest star in the sky.
See more »Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse, BEE tuhl jooz, also called Alpha Orionis, is one of the brightest stars in the constellation of Orion.
See more »Binary star
Binary, BY nuhr ee, star or double star, is a pair of stars that are close together and cannot escape from each other.
See more »Capella
Capella, kuh PEHL uh, also known as Alpha Aurigae, ranks as the seventh brightest star in the sky.
See more »Dark matter
Dark matter is the invisible substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe.
See more »Fixed star
Fixed star is an expression often used in referring to the stars, because their places in the sky relative to one another do not seem to change.
See more »Maffei galaxies
Maffei, mah FAY ee, galaxies, often called Maffei 1 and Maffei 2, are two large star systems.
See more »Magellanic Clouds
Magellanic, maj uh LAN ihk, Clouds are two galaxies visible in the Southern Hemisphere as small, hazy patches of light.
See more »Milky Way
Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the sun, Earth, and other objects in our solar system.
See more »Mira
Mira, MY ruh, a giant red star, was one of the first stars of variable brightness to be discovered.
See more »North Star
North Star is a readily visible star that appears to be located almost directly above the North Pole.
See more »Nova
Nova is an explosion that causes a star to become from 10,000 to 100,000 times as bright as the sun.
See more »Quasar
Quasar, KWAY sahr or KWAY zahr, is an extremely luminous object at the center of some distant galaxies.
See more »Sirius
Sirius, SIHR ee uhs, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star that can be seen from the earth at night.
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