05/10/2025
THE ACTUAL SHAPE OF A STAR IS NOT THIS (⭐).
In reality, a Star is a huge ball of very hot gas(mainly hydrogen and helium).
When we look at stars from Earth, especially with our naked eyes, they appear to twinkle and have pointed rays....but that’s only an optical illusion caused by this:
✦ Atmospheric Distortion (Twinkling)
Light from a star passes through layers of Earth’s atmosphere(Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere).
These layers have different temperatures and densities, which bend (refract) light in random directions.
This makes the star’s light wiggle and shimmer, causing it to look like it’s sparkling with little spikes.
The actual shape of a star is in the image(Spherical, just like the Sun).