Starburst

Starburst may refer to:

• Starburst region, a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation
• Starburst galaxy, a galaxy with an exceptionally high rate of star formation
• Starburst (business), or corporate spin-off, the breaking up of a large company
• Starburst (confectionery), a brand of chewy, fruit-flavored candy
• Starburst (symbol), a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it
• Starburst (missile), a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)
• Fourteen-segment display or Starburst display, an alphanumeric display configuration
• Starburst (dinnerware), a style of Franciscan Ceramics, produced in the early 1950s
• Starburst (office suite), an office suite of the early 1980s
• Clerodendrum quadriloculare, a tropical flowering plant that is also called a starburst

Film and television

• Starburst (Farscape), a means of faster-than-light propulsion in the television series Farscape
• Cross screen filter or Starburst filter, a type of lens filter that creates patterns of lines to radiate from bright points
• Diffraction spikes due to non-circular camera apertures, causing lines to radiate from bright points similar to the cross screen filter above

Literature

• Starburst (magazine), a British science fiction related magazine
• Starburst (Alfred Bester), a collection of short stories by science fiction author Alfred Bester
• Starburst (Frederik Pohl), a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
• Starburst (Robin Pilcher), 2007 novel by Robin Pilcher