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Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (スターオーシャン3 -Till the End of Time-)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (スターオーシャン3) is tri-Ace and Square Enix's third Star Ocean RPG, released on PS2 in 2003/2004 and on PS4 in 2017, known for its real-time Fury-gauge battle system, invention-based item creation, and 300 battle trophies.
Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Star of the Magi, is the star in the Gospel of Matthew that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus.
Star of David
The Star of David, or Magen David, is the six-pointed symbol of Judaism, adopted by the Zionist movement in 1897 and placed on Israel's flag in 1948.
Star of India (ship)
The Star of India is an iron sailing ship launched in 1863 as Euterpe, now preserved at the Maritime Museum of San Diego as the world's oldest active sailing ship.
Star of Life
Star of Life: blue six-barred EMS symbol with the Rod of Asclepius, designed by Leo R. Schwartz of NHTSA after a 1973 Red Cross complaint, adapted from the AMA medical identification symbol, registered as a US certification mark February 1, 1977; each bar is one of six EMS functions.
Star of the County Down
Star of the County Down: Irish ballad with words by Cathal MacGarvey (1866–1927), set near Banbridge to the traditional tune My Love Nell, from the Dives and Lazarus/Kingsfold tune family.
Star polygon
A star polygon is a regular, self-intersecting polygon, written {p/q}, formed by connecting every qth of p equally spaced points on a circle, with q called its density.
STAR Protocols
STAR Protocols is an open-access, peer-reviewed Cell Press journal publishing step-by-step experimental and computational protocols across the sciences, judged on usability and reproducibility rather than novelty.
Star sand
Star sand (星砂, hoshizuna) is beach sand composed of the star-shaped, millimeter-sized calcareous shells of the foraminifer Baculogypsina sphaerulata, found most often on the beaches of Okinawa, Japan.
Star schema
The star schema is a data warehouse design in which a central fact table holding numeric measurements joins directly to surrounding dimension tables, favored for fast analytical queries over the more normalized snowflake schema.
Star Search
Star Search is the American talent competition created by Al Masini, hosted by Ed McMahon 1983–1995, that launched Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Dave Chappelle; revived 2003–2004 with Arsenio Hall and rebooted live on Netflix in 2026 with Anthony Anderson, real-time voting, and winner TJ Salta.
Star shaft
Star shafts are four narrow passages ascending from the chambers of Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, proposed as ventilation, geometric features, or passages for the king's soul toward the stars.
Star Slinger
Star Slinger, real name Darren Williams, is an English electronic music producer and DJ who began releasing sample-driven beat tapes in 2010 and drew early acclaim from The Guardian and The FADER.
Star Sports (Indian TV network)
Star Sports is JioStar's Indian pay-TV sports network, formerly ESPN/Star India-run, with 24 channels after 2025, rights to IPL, ICC, ISL and Pro Kabaddi, and multilingual feeds in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.
Star Surf & Skate
Star Surf & Skate (Star Surf + Skate) is a Mandurah, Western Australia surf shop founded by Dave Kennedy in Perth in March 1980, owned by Ian 'Wooly' Macpherson since 2006, and SBIA Australian Single Store Retailer of the Year 2019 and 2022.
Star system
A star system, also called a stellar or multiple-star system, is a group of two or more gravitationally bound stars orbiting a common center of mass.
Star Tours
Star Tours is a Star Wars-themed motion simulator ride at Disney parks, created with George Lucas and opened at Disneyland in 1987, reimagined in 2011 as Star Tours: The Adventures Continue.
Star tracker
A star tracker is an optical instrument on a spacecraft that measures its orientation by imaging stars and matching them against an onboard star catalog.
Star Trek
Star Trek is the American science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, launched on NBC September 8, 1966. Canceled after three seasons and 79 episodes, it grew through fandom, syndication, six series, and 13 films into a cultural phenomenon.
Star Trek (1971 video game)
Star Trek, also known as STTR1, is a 1971 text-based computer game written by Mike Mayfield, in which the player commands the starship Enterprise hunting Klingons across a grid-based galaxy.
Star Trek (2009 film)
Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams that relaunches the franchise with a new cast as young Kirk and Spock.
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond (2016) is the third Kelvin-timeline Star Trek film, directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto; it grossed $335.7 million worldwide.
Star Trek Continues
Star Trek Continues is an American fan-made web series (11 episodes, 2013–2017), an unofficial TOS continuation starring Vic Mignogna as Kirk, completing the five-year mission's final year with full-scale original-blueprint sets.
Star Trek Day
Star Trek Day is the annual fan and franchise observance on September 8, marking the 1966 premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series with "The Man Trap"; formally celebrated since 2020, distinct from First Contact Day (April 5).
Star Trek Generations
Star Trek Generations (1994) is Paramount's seventh Star Trek film, directed by David Carson, uniting captains Kirk and Picard in the Nexus against Soran; it grossed $74.6M in the US and scored 48% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer, in which Admiral Kirk faces Khan Noonien Singh.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) is the third Star Trek film, also known by its working title Star Trek: In Search of Spock. Directed by Leonard Nimoy in his feature debut, written and produced by Harve Bennett, it follows Kirk's crew stealing the Enterprise to recover Spock, grossing about $76 million domestically.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness, also known as Star Trek XII, is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams, the second in the rebooted series.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), directed by Leonard Nimoy, is the fourth original-cast Star Trek film: Kirk's crew time-travels to 1986 San Francisco to fetch humpback whales that can answer a probe threatening Earth. Its most profitable Trek film to that date.
Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online (STO) is a free-to-play Star Trek MMORPG by Cryptic Studios, launched February 2, 2010, set in 2409, with Federation, Klingon, and Romulan factions, space and ground combat, and the 2026 Undiscovered season.