{
    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "id": 2508,
        "slug": "types-of-stars",
        "title": "Types of Stars",
        "description": "Major stages and classifications of stars.",
        "summary": "The main kinds of stars and stellar remnants with a description and a well-known example: main sequence stars, red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and supergiants, plus red and brown dwarfs, variable stars, pulsars, magnetars, Wolf-Rayet stars and binaries.",
        "use_when": [
            "You need to classify a star or follow the stages of stellar evolution.",
            "You want an example object for each type."
        ],
        "caveats": [
            "These are overlapping categories, not a single sequence: a pulsar is a kind of neutron star, and a star can be both a binary and a variable.",
            "Brown dwarfs are not true stars because they never sustain hydrogen fusion."
        ],
        "related": [
            "solar-system-planets",
            "constellations-zodiac",
            "space-missions-milestones"
        ],
        "entry_count": 13,
        "fields": [
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "type",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Main Sequence"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "description",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Stars fusing hydrogen in their cores, including\u2026"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "example",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Sun, Sirius"
            }
        ],
        "category": "Astronomy",
        "category_slug": "astronomy",
        "tags": "astronomy,stars,classification",
        "view_count": 47,
        "created_at": 1792832553,
        "updated_at": 1792832553
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "type": "Main Sequence",
            "description": "Stars fusing hydrogen in their cores, including the Sun.",
            "example": "Sun, Sirius"
        },
        {
            "type": "Red Giant",
            "description": "Late-stage star that has expanded and cooled.",
            "example": "Betelgeuse"
        },
        {
            "type": "White Dwarf",
            "description": "Compact remnant of a low- or medium-mass star.",
            "example": "Sirius B"
        },
        {
            "type": "Neutron Star",
            "description": "Extremely dense remnant after a supernova.",
            "example": "Crab Pulsar"
        },
        {
            "type": "Black Hole",
            "description": "Object with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.",
            "example": "Sagittarius A*"
        },
        {
            "type": "Supergiant",
            "description": "Massive, luminous star nearing the end of its life.",
            "example": "Rigel"
        },
        {
            "type": "Red Dwarf",
            "description": "A small, cool, dim main sequence star; the most common kind in the galaxy and very long-lived.",
            "example": "Proxima Centauri"
        },
        {
            "type": "Brown Dwarf",
            "description": "An object between a planet and a star in mass that never sustains hydrogen fusion.",
            "example": "Luhman 16"
        },
        {
            "type": "Variable Star",
            "description": "A star whose brightness changes over time; Cepheids are used to measure distances.",
            "example": "Delta Cephei"
        },
        {
            "type": "Pulsar",
            "description": "A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits beams of radiation seen as regular pulses.",
            "example": "Crab Pulsar"
        },
        {
            "type": "Magnetar",
            "description": "A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field that powers bursts of high-energy radiation.",
            "example": "SGR 1806-20"
        },
        {
            "type": "Wolf-Rayet Star",
            "description": "A very hot, massive star shedding its outer layers in a strong stellar wind.",
            "example": "WR 104"
        },
        {
            "type": "Binary Star",
            "description": "Two stars bound by gravity and orbiting a common center of mass.",
            "example": "Sirius A and B"
        }
    ]
}