A star 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 (grapheme) (star symbol), a typographical symbol Star (heraldry), star-like shapes used in heraldry Star (classification), a rating system for hotels, movies, or other products Star (sport badge), on a team uniform, representing titles won

Arts and entertainment

Celebrity Movie star, a person famous for performing in films Leading actor, or the star of a production

Fictional entities S.T.A.R. Labs, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe Star, the name of Nina’s star companion in the Sprout program block, The Good Night Show and its animated spin-off Nina's World 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

Films The Star (1949 film), a Russian film The Star (1952 film), an American 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 film), an Indian Tamil film

Gaming Star (board game) *Star, board game

Music Albums Star (2hollis album) 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 Joss Stone from Water for Your Soul "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 "Star", by The Cult from The Cult "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 "Stars", by PinkPantheress from Fancy That

Television Star (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox Star (TVE channel), a Spanish international television channel 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 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, 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 STAR Transit, a transit agency in Texas

Sea Star Cruises, a cruise line Star Ferry, 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

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, a wildcard symbol used in computer science

Mathematics Star (game theory), a position in combinatorial game theory Star (graph theory), a graph with a structure that resembles a star Star (simplicial complex), the set of simplices containing a given vertex in a simplicial complex Kleene star, which can refer to one of two related unary operations, that can be applied either to an alphabet of symbols or to a formal language, a set of strings (finite sequences of symbols)

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 Crumlin Star F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland Greenwell Star F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland 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 Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat , several Royal Navy ships 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 , a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named Star

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 , a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command

See also

* (disambiguation)

Asterisk, typographical symbol (*), sometimes vocalised as 'star' Asterisk (disambiguation) Die Sterne (disambiguation) Starchild (disambiguation) Stardust (disambiguation) Starfish (disambiguation) Starlight (disambiguation) Starman (disambiguation) Starr (disambiguation) Stars (disambiguation) Starz (disambiguation) STAAR (STAAR). a standardized test in Texas