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Pathways are lined with cutouts in the shape of African giant star grass, which migrated with enslaved Africans and took root alongside them.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
And in the case of giant stars, what happens is their outer parts eventually get kind of pushed into outer space.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Possible sources of black hole growth in the early universe include the collapse of primordial clouds, remnants of early giant stars and the merging of stars and black holes, per the study.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
In the Milky Way galaxy, these giant stars are particularly challenging for astronomers to observe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
And in the case of giant stars, what happens is their outer parts eventually get kind of pushed into outer space.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Possible sources of black hole growth in the early universe include the collapse of primordial clouds, remnants of early giant stars and the merging of stars and black holes, per the study.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
In the Milky Way galaxy, these giant stars are particularly challenging for astronomers to observe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant star
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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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For example, the current model of airspace allocation, based on decades-old frameworks, contrasts sharply with the potential for drone corridors that could populate the skies with the density of a neutron star (OK, slight exaggeration).Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Previously, skepticism surrounded the possibility of a radio burst escaping the intense environment of a magnetar, a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field.Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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In mid-December 2024, scientists discovered a pair of binary stars designated D9 orbiting each other close to Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have never been able to detect the binary star system within the S-cluster -- until now.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 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 most famous of these are Type Ia supernovas, in which the white dwarf is obliterated in a runaway thermonuclear explosion after stolen stellar material piles up on its surface (though there are rare events called Type Iax supernovas, in which the white dwarf lives on as a wrecked zombie star).Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Situated some 3,000 light-years away from Earth, the Blaze Star is a binary system in which a white dwarf, the core remains of a dying star, accumulates material from its neighboring red giant star.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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As these emergency travelers make short-notice decisions on when to go, where to stay and when to return, hoteliers are juggling more variables than usual.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Health equity requires a broader approach — one that recognizes and acts on the importance of real life variables like access to nutritious food, stable housing, and transportation.Ann Marie P. Mauro, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The white dwarf acts as a cosmic thief, pulling material from its red giant companion in a process called accretion.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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The team observed that the outer star is in the process of becoming a red giant, a phase occurring at the end of a star’s life.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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