08. What color are stars? Are they blue? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Stars come in a variety of colors, based on their surface temperatures. The coolest stars are red and the hottest are bluish-white to the eye. In between you will find some that are orange and others that are yellow like the Sun.

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Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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