  We consider spherically symmetric solutions within the context of brane-world
theory without mirror symmetry or any form of junction conditions. For a
constant curvature bulk, we obtain the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff
(TOV) interior solutions in two cases where one is matched to a
schwarzschild-de Sitter exterior while the other is consistent with an exterior
solution whose structure can be used to explain the galaxy rotation curves
without postulating dark matter. We also find the upper bound to the mass of a
static brane-world star and show that the influence of the bulk effects on the
interior solutions is small. Finally, we investigate the gravitational collapse
on the brane and show that the exterior of a collapsing star can be static in
this scenario.
