• Starburst region, a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation
• Starburst galaxy
  Starburst galaxy
  A starburst galaxy is a galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation, compared to the usual star formation rate seen in most galaxies. Galaxies are often observed to have a burst of star formation after a collision or close encounter between two galaxies...
  
  
• Starburst (business), the breaking up of a large company
• Starburst (confectionery)
  Starburst (confectionery)
  Starburst is the brand name of a cuboid-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated...
  
  , a brand of chewy, fruit-flavored candy
• starburst (symbol)
  Starburst (symbol)
  A starburst is a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it. In Unicode, the starburst character is U+273A....
  
  , a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it
• Starburst surface-to-air missile
  Starburst surface-to-air missile
  Starburst is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile produced by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast . It is used by the British Army, Malaysian Army, and in the Canadian Army as the Javelin...
  
  , a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)
• Starburst project (relational database system), prototype of a working and very extensible database system developed by IBM
• Fourteen-segment display
  Fourteen-segment display
  A fourteen-segment display is a type of display based on 14 segments that can be turned on or off to produce letters and numerals. It is an expansion of the more common seven-segment display, having an additional four diagonal and two vertical segments with the middle horizontal segment...
  
   or Starburst display, an alphanumeric display configuration
• A type of migraine
  Migraine
  Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by moderate to severe headaches, and nausea...
  
   headache
  Headache
  A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the...
  
  
• Starburst (dinnerware), manufactured by Franciscan Earthenware, which created iconography strongly associated with Mid-Century Modern
  Mid-century modern
  Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965...
  
   design in the 1950s

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

Literature

• Starburst (magazine)
  Starburst (magazine)
  Starburst is a British science fiction online magazine published by Starburst Magazine Limited. The magazine is published every month on the 14th, with news and reviews being published daily.-History:...
  
  , a British science fiction related magazine
• Starburst (Alfred Bester)
  Starburst (Alfred Bester)
  Starburst is a collection of science fiction stories by Alfred Bester, originally published in paperback by Signet Books in 1958. Signet issued at least four reprint editions of the collection over more than twenty years; British editions were published by Sphere Books and Pan Books.-Contents:*...
  
  , a collection of short stories by science fiction author Alfred Bester
  Alfred Bester
  Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books...
  
  
• Starburst (Frederik Pohl), a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
  Frederik Pohl
  Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
  
  
• Starburst (Robin Pilcher), 2007 novel by Robin Pilcher
  Robin Pilcher
  Robin Pilcher is a British author, the eldest son of author Rosamunde Pilcher.He was educated at Clifton College.Robin Pilcher has been a cameraman, a songwriter, and a farmer, co-managed a mail order business, and has had numerous other jobs...
  
  
• Starburst (Kody Faust), 2008 work by Kody Faust in collaboration with Michael Quick