there's a whole zoo of different stars

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An example of metphor in popular science witing:

"Not all stars are the same – there's a whole zoo of them, determined by their mass and the stage they're at in their life cycle."

Andrew May

May, A. (2019) Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.