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Recent Examples of binary star 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 However, as the new study reveals, some binary stars can survive in these conditions, albeit only for a brief amount of time. 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 See all Example Sentences for binary star 
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Noun
  • Pulsars are rapidly spinning cosmic remnants called neutron stars that form when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse under their own gravity.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This conclusion was reached thanks to new data about the accelerations of nearby pulsars—rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit beams of radiation that sweep out through space light the beacon of a lighthouse.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Outside, after the mass, all the weeds in town were topped with red stars.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Their proximity allows material to flow from the subgiant to the white dwarf.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That appears to be what happened some 4000 light-years away, allowing a planet similar in mass and orbital position to slide twice as far from its star, surviving the star’s expansion into a red giant and subsequent contraction into a white dwarf.
    Christie Wilcox, science.org, 30 Sep. 2024
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
  • Even after racking up more than two points per game in the first half of the season, Opta — by factoring in variables including the quality of recent performances, upcoming fixtures, historical results and their own power rankings — is predicting the Welsh club will finish on 82.23 points.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Your priorities change, and variables outside of your control change as well.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024

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