binary star

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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for binary star 
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Noun
  • Scientists have long theorized neutron stars, ultradense core remnants left behind after massive stars explode, as origins of fast radio bursts.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • During his memorial, his coffin was secured on the van and draped in the Syrian flag—not the one that hung from Assad’s palace but an earlier version, with three red stars, that had been revived as an emblem of the revolution.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • However, if the white dwarf progenitor star exists in a binary with another star, this stellar corpse can begin vampirically stripping material from its companion.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • If the circling object is indeed a white dwarf, the body would be pulling of a precarious balancing act, teetering on the black hole’s edge without falling in.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Notably, investors and market analysts will likely observe how Chevron adapts to these circumstances, as the oil and gas sector remains susceptible to unpredictable market variables.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
  • While these terms are often politicized, some represent demographic variables that researchers collect when tracking the ebb and flow of diseases and health conditions across populations.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025

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