Black Star

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Black star can refer to any of the following;

[edit] Astronomy

• Dark star, a theoretical star that has a surface escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light
• Black hole, any region of space time where escape to the outside universe is impossible
• Black dwarf, a type of degenerate dwarf star, specifically, a cold white dwarf.

[edit] Music

• Blackstar (band), a heavy metal band formed by former members of Carcass
• Black Star (hip hop group), a hip hop group formed by rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli
  • Black Star, an album by the above group
• Black Star (song), a song by British band Radiohead, track 10 of their 1995 album 'The Bends'

[edit] Other

• Black Star Co-op, a cooperatively-owned brewpub in Austin, TX
• Black Star Line, a shipping line created by Marcus Garvey to repatriate African-Americans to Africa
• Ghana national football team, nicknamed "The Black Stars"
• Black Star (photo agency), a New York-based photo agency founded in 1935
• Black Star (Babylon 5), a ship in the Babylon 5 science fiction universe
• BlackStar, a 1981 fantasy/sci-fi cartoon by Filmation
• Blackstar (spaceplane), a rumoured United States Air Foce spaceplane
• Black Star (terrorist group), a Greek terrorist group also known as Mavro Asteri
• BLACK STAR (US ARMY),A Special Operations project of the Cold War
• Blackstar is the former name of Sendit.com, a UK-based online DVD and Video sales company.