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Star Detective Precure!
Star Detective Precure! (名探偵プリキュア！), 23rd Precure series by Toei Animation, premiered February 1, 2026 on ABC TV/TV Asahi. Anna Akechi time-travels from 2027 to 1999, becomes Cure Answer with Mikuru Kobayashi (Cure Mystic) against the Phantom Thieves.
STAR detector
The STAR detector, also called the STAR experiment, is a large particle detector at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider that studies the quark-gluon plasma, taking data since 1999.
Star Energy Geothermal
Star Energy Geothermal is an Indonesian geothermal energy producer operating the Wayang Windu, Salak, and Darajat fields in West Java, supplying 886 MW to the Java-Madura-Bali grid.
Star excursion balance test
The star excursion balance test (SEBT) is a clinical test of dynamic postural control: balancing on one leg while reaching maximally with the other along taped floor lines.
Star Ferry
The Star Ferry (天星小轮) is a passenger ferry service crossing Victoria Harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, run under the same name since 1898.
Star formation
Star formation, also known as star birth, is the process by which dense clumps in cold molecular clouds of gas and dust collapse under gravity into stars.
Star formation efficiency
Star formation efficiency (SFE) is the fraction of interstellar gas converted into stars, only a few percent per cloud; turbulence, magnetic fields, and stellar feedback explain the inefficiency.
Star Fox
Star Fox: Nintendo sci-fi rail shooter franchise begun 1993 on SNES with Argonaut's Super FX chip; Star Fox 64 (1997) is its peak; Star Fox (2026), Velan Studios' Switch 2 remake, scored 82 on Metacritic.
Star Fox (2026 video game)
Star Fox is a 2026 rail shooter for Nintendo Switch 2: a Velan Studios-developed, Nintendo-published full remake of Star Fox 64 (1997), released June 25, 2026 at $49.99 with a 4v4 online Battle Mode.
Star Fox 2
Star Fox 2 (スターフォックス2) is Nintendo and Argonaut's 1995 SNES sequel, completed but cancelled, finally released worldwide in 2017 on the SNES Classic with real-time strategy gameplay.
Star Fox 64
Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars in Europe) is Nintendo EAD's 1997 Nintendo 64 rail shooter remaking the SNES Star Fox: Fox McCloud vs Andross, 15 branching levels, Rumble Pak, 4-player VS, later remade as Star Fox 64 3D.
Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures: 2002 GameCube action-adventure by Rare, published by Nintendo; began as N64's Dinosaur Planet, rebranded with Star Fox characters; Rare's last Nintendo home-console game before the Microsoft buyout.
Star Fox Zero
Star Fox Zero is a 2016 Wii U rail shooter by Nintendo and PlatinumGames, a reimagining of Star Fox 64 with dual-screen GamePad cockpit aiming, gyro motion controls, and transforming vehicles; its controls divided critics (Metascore 69).
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers: 1982 TSR science fiction tabletop RPG by Dave Cook and Lawrence Schick, set in the Frontier Sector against the sathar; Knight Hawks starship expansion (1983); trademark now held by Wizards of the Coast after 2021-2024 litigation with TSR LLC.
Star gooseberry
Star gooseberry (Sauropus androgynus, katuk, sweet leaf; accepted name Breynia androgyna) is a Southeast Asian leafy shrub eaten as a nutritious vegetable but linked to bronchiolitis obliterans when raw juice is consumed excessively.
Star in My Mind (แล้วแต่ดาว)
Star in My Mind (แล้วแต่ดาว) is a 2022 Thai BL series by GMMTV, aired on GMM25 April 8 to May 27, 2022, 8 episodes, starring Joong Archen Aydin and Dunk Natachai Boonprasert, adapted from peachhplease's novel, first half of Star and Sky with Sky in Your Heart.
Star Jalsha (স্টার জলশা)
Star Jalsha (স্টার জলসা), also Star Jolsha, is a Bengali-language general entertainment channel launched 8 September 2008 by STAR India, now owned by JioStar, and the long-running ratings leader of Bengali GEC television in India and Bangladesh.
Star jelly
Star jelly (Welsh pwdre sêr, "rot of the stars"), also called astromyxin, is a gelatinous substance that folklore says is deposited during meteor showers, though scientists favor terrestrial origins.
Star Jones
Star Jones (Starlet Marie Jones, born 1962) is an American attorney and TV host: Brooklyn homicide prosecutor, Court TV and NBC legal correspondent, original co-host of The View 1997-2006, and judge on Divorce Court since 2022.
Star Line (album)
Star Line is Chance the Rapper's second studio album, self-released August 15, 2025, named after Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line; 17 tracks, Metacritic 75, first album since 2019's The Big Day.
Star Maa
Star Maa (స్టార్ మా), formerly Maa TV, is a Telugu-language general entertainment channel launched in 2002, acquired by Star India in 2015 for about Rs 2,500 crore, rebranded in 2017, and now part of JioStar.
Star Magic
Star Magic, formerly the ABS-CBN Talent Center, is the talent management arm of ABS-CBN, a Philippine media company, founded in 1992 to train and manage stars.
Star Model B
The Star Model B is a Spanish 9 mm semi-automatic pistol made by Star Bonifacio Echeverría in Eibar and closely modeled on the Colt M1911.
Star Music
Star Music (formerly Star Records, Star Recording, Inc.) is the ABS-CBN-owned Philippine record label founded 1995, home to BINI, BGYO, Regine Velasquez, and Angeline Quinto, with sub-labels Tarsier Records, StarPop, DNA Music, and CAT Records.
Star network
A star network is a network topology in which every node connects directly to a central hub, switch, or concentrator, and all data passes through that central device.
Star Ocean (video game)
Star Ocean (スターオーシャン) is a 1996 Super Famicom action RPG by tri-Ace and Enix, Japan-only, set on planet Roak with real-time battles, Private Actions, and item creation; remade as First Departure and First Departure R.
Star Ocean (スターオーシャン)
Star Ocean (スターオーシャン) is a tri-Ace sci-fi fantasy RPG series published by Enix/Square Enix since 1996, set on the shared Space Calendar timeline across six numbered titles, known for Private Actions, Item Creation, Motoi Sakuraba's music, and the 2023 Second Story R remake.
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (スターオーシャン5 -Integrity and Faithlessness-)
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (スターオーシャン5) is a 2016 tri-Ace/Square Enix sci-fi action JRPG, the fifth Star Ocean, on PS4 (PS3 Japan-only), set in Spacedate 537 with seven-character seamless real-time battles; Metacritic 58.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (スターオーシャン4 -THE LAST HOPE-) is a tri-Ace/Square Enix sci-fi action RPG, fourth mainline series entry and timeline prequel. Xbox 360 in 2009, PS3 International 2010, 4K remaster 2017; praised real-time combat, criticized story and English dub.
Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー) is tri-Ace and Enix's 1998 PlayStation RPG, second in the Star Ocean series, known for dual protagonists, Private Actions, Item Creation, and multiple endings; remade as Second Evolution (2008) and The Second Story R (2023).