Star

A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light.

Extends: Stars, [Stellar astronomy](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Stellar astronomy), [Concepts in astronomy](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Concepts in astronomy), [Light sources](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Light sources)