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Recent Examples of binary star
However, as the new study reveals, some binary stars can survive in these conditions, albeit only for a brief amount of time.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
An eye-opening new Hubble image shows the binary star system R Aquarii having a cosmic freakout.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
And the members of binary star systems tend to form near each other from a single cloud of material.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
An eye-opening new Hubble image shows the binary star system R Aquarii having a cosmic freakout.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
And the members of binary star systems tend to form near each other from a single cloud of material.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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The collisions of compact astrophysical objects such as black holes and neutron stars emit strong gravitational waves.Gaurav Khanna, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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The most obvious candidate, the team says, is a pulsar – a type of neutron star that produces beams of electromagnetic radiation from its poles.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
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These Earth-sized planets were found orbiting a small red star called TRAPPIST-1, a star 40 light-years away with one-tenth of the mass of the sun.Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Outside, after the mass, all the weeds in town were topped with red stars.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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This region, about 8,000 light-years from Earth, is located adjacent to the famous explosive variable star Eta Carinae, which lies just outside the field of view toward the upper right.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Stars that change in brightness, known as variable stars, get brighter and dimmer; supernovas burst into view and then gradually fade away; and thousands of objects too faint to see with the unaided eye, like asteroids, move steadily across the sky.Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
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The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Rising above 45 meters and crowned by a giant star of 17 meters in diameter, this walk-through tree offers light shows and music every hour from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is accompanied by eight other trees of lights instead of hanging decoration.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Leave tradition behind and commit to a modern aesthetic with these pretty hanging sphere lights that look like giant stars.Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Competitive intelligence tools track these variables in real time, keeping them ahead of rivals.Mohit Prateek, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Such variables make projections about AI's energy consumption and pollution profile tricky.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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