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Recent Examples of binary star
As Parker pointed out, many stars are born with a binary partner from the same cloud and become binary stars.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Some scientists speculate that these objects may be the remnants of previous binary star mergers, suggesting that D9 could offer a glimpse into their origin.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Now, the researchers said their findings prove that young binary stars also have the potential to form in such harsh conditions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
When the binary star system disappears, one single star will remain.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Some scientists speculate that these objects may be the remnants of previous binary star mergers, suggesting that D9 could offer a glimpse into their origin.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Now, the researchers said their findings prove that young binary stars also have the potential to form in such harsh conditions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
When the binary star system disappears, one single star will remain.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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One of the fast radio bursts appears to have come from the chaotic, magnetically active environment near a type of dense neutron star called a magnetar.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun Astronomers hypothesize that the FRBs could be originating from two supernova remnants, called neutron stars, that are merging or collapsing onto themselves, Shah said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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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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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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As one of the largest, most luminous stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the variable star VY Canis Majoris is a likely candidates for the next naked-eye core-collapse supernova, said Guinan.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the stellar corpse of the bygone star known as a white dwarf, which is seen as the tiny white dot within the nebula, is indeed located at its center.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The white dwarf could be shedding matter and triggering the pulses observed by the researchers.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Jan. 2025
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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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Holidays Holidays are another variable to consider.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Stevenson explained the 20th century French literary travel philosophy of psychogeography posited that travelling on the same path twice never leads to the same experience because other variables are ever changing.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary%20star. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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