Star
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Example:
Imagine you're at a crowded concert, feeling the heat from the tightly packed crowd around you. Just like the warmth and energy you experience in that dense gathering, a star is a huge ball of very hot gases where particles are packed closely together, generating immense heat and light. The crowd's body heat and movement are like the nuclear reactions in a star's core, constantly churning and producing the energy that radiates outward, much like the Sun's energy reaching us.
Practice Version
Star: A huge ball of very hot gases, like the Sun. A star is a massive, bright sphere of plasma held together by gravity that produces energy through nuclear fusion at its core.