The Stars Different colours How stars form How stars die Supernovae Different types of star White Dwarfs Neutron Stars Black Holes Star Clusters Open clusters Globular clusters The modern Constellations Extra-Solar Planets Searching for planets around other stars Methods of detecting distant planets. Does life exist beyond Earth
National Schools'Observatory
It is over 1 million km across, and so large that you could fit a million earths inside it!
Its surface blazes at a temperature of 5500°C.