A star is a ball of Plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the sun, which generates most of the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible from Earth during the night, when they are not covered by daylight. The brightest stars have proper names. There are also constellations that where formed by bright stars in the sky. When people looked at the stars they could see objects which were then named constellations,. heres some of the constellations in the southern hemisphere. This is the Greek constellation Scorpius, Scorpius represents the hunter Orion.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
What is a star ?
A star is a ball of Plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the sun, which generates most of the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible from Earth during the night, when they are not covered by daylight. The brightest stars have proper names. There are also constellations that where formed by bright stars in the sky. When people looked at the stars they could see objects which were then named constellations,. heres some of the constellations in the southern hemisphere. This is the Greek constellation Scorpius, Scorpius represents the hunter Orion.
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Wow i did not know that the symble scorpius represented a hunter called Orion.
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