Have you tried to count stars at night? Or what do you think that stars are made of? Are they all blue? Here are five super stars facts for kids.
A star is a giant ball of gas, primarily made up of hydrogen and helium, that produces light and heat through nuclear reactions. Nuclear reactions in the star’s core fuse hydrogen atoms together to form helium, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in the form of light and heat.
Stars come in different sizes, colors, and temperatures. The size of a star can range from small ones called red dwarfs to super giants, which can be over a thousand times larger than our sun. Stars also come in different colors, from blue to red, depending on their temperature. The hottest stars are blue and the coolest are red.
The sun is a star and is the closest star to Earth. The sun provides light and heat to the planets in our solar system and is essential for life on Earth. It is considered a medium-size star and is classified as a G-type star.
Stars are part of a galaxy and there are billions of galaxies in the universe. A galaxy is a collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity. The Milky Way galaxy, where the Earth is located, is home to about 100 billion stars.
Some stars can have planets orbiting around them, just like how planets orbit around the sun. These are called exoplanets. Scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets around stars outside of our solar system, and it is estimated that there could be billions more in the galaxy. Some of these exoplanets could potentially be similar to Earth and have the right conditions to support life.
We hope you enjoyed learning more things about stars as much as we loved teaching you about them. Now that you know how majestic these stars are, you can move on to learn about our Solar System planets like: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Solar System, Space, Milky Way, Asteroids and Black Holes.
Why not subscribe to our LearningMole Library for as little as £1.99 per month to access over 2800 fun educational videos.
Leave a Reply