Magnetar
91Magnetism — This article is about magnetic materials. For information about objects and devices that produce a magnetic field, see magnet. For fields that magnets and currents produce, see magnetic field. For other uses, see magnetism (disambiguation).… …
92Molecular cloud — See also: Solar nebula Within a few million years the light from bright stars will have boiled away this molecular cloud of gas and dust. The cloud has broken off from the Carina Nebula. Newly formed stars are visible nearby, their images… …
93Nova — For other uses, see Nova (disambiguation). Artist s conception of a white dwarf star accreting hydrogen from a larger companion A nova (plural novae) is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a star caused by the accretion of hydrogen on to the… …
94Rotation-powered pulsar — is one of the major classes of pulsars. A Rotation powered pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star, whose electromagnetic radiation is observed in regularly spaced intervals, or pulses . It differs from other types of pulsars in that the source …
95Star — For other uses, see Star (disambiguation) …
96Stellar evolution — Life cycle of a Sun like star Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from only a few million years (for the most… …
97List of nearest stars — Artist s conception of a red dwarf star, the most common type of star in the Sun s stellar neighborhood, and in the universe. Although termed a red dwarf, the surface temperature of this star would give it an orange hue when viewed from close… …
98Star designation — Designations of stars (and other celestial bodies) are done by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Many of the star names in use today were inherited from the time before the IAU existed. Other names, mainly for variable stars (including… …
99Stellar classification — In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are… …
1001979 — This article is about the year 1979. For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – …
