Your guided pathway to graduation advising | registration | career connect to star help center A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. [1] the nearest star to earth is the sun.

Their immense distances from earth Ò€¦ These large, swelling stars are known as red giants. But there are different ways a starÒ€ℒs life can end, and its fate depends on how massive the star is.