1.   A billion stars shone in the night sky.

2.   The stars shone like points of light in the sky.

3.   The stars were shining.

4.   As a result, individual stars have shined.

5.   Astronomers think they understand much about how the universe began, why stars shine and galaxies take majestic shape, and where planets orbit other stars.

6.   Brown dwarfs are believed to look like dim stars, glowing mostly with infrared radiation but lacking sufficient mass to ignite the internal nuclear fires that make stars shine.

7.   But it was Robert Horry whose star shone the brightest Sunday night.

8.   But no one imagined that once they got to the NBA, Greg Ostertag would turn out to be the one whose star would shine the brightest.

9.   But no single star shone brighter than the team.

10.   Computer-generated stars shine over a carpet of purple moons and yellow planets.