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Stars, Celestial

Known as: Celestial Stars, Star, Celestial, Celestial Star 
Large bodies consisting of self-luminous gas held together by their own gravity. (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th… 
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
We present an improved estimate of the occurrence rate of small planets orbiting small stars by searching the full four-year… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Recent progress in studies of globular clusters has shown that they are not simple stellar populations, but rather are made up of… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Stars form from cold molecular interstellar gas. As this is relatively rare in the local Universe, galaxies like the Milky Way… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation appear to show a “two-phase” character with a rapid early phase at z ≳ 2 during… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
We present abundances of Fe, Na, and O for 1409 red giant stars in 15 galactic globular clusters (GCs), derived from the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
We study the formation and dynamical evolution of clusters with multiple stellar generations. Observational studies have found… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
We have constructed a comprehensive grid of 680 metal line-blanketed, non-LTE, plane-parallel, hydrostatic model atmospheres for… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Cooling simulations of neutron stars (NSs) are performed assuming that stellar cores consist of neutrons, protons and electrons… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to obtain high-resolution images of NGC 4038/4039… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
1 This chapter shows application of a consistent set of clear physical principles to describe the beginnings of the universe by…