What Types of Stars Are Out There?

Astronomers classify stars and assign “types” to them. They do this according to their temperatures and colors, along with some other characteristics. Generally speaking, there are stars like the Sun, which live their lives for billions of years before swelling up and gently dying. Other, more massive stars are called “giants” and are usually red to orange in color. There are also white dwarfs. Our Sun is properly classified as a yellow dwarf.