neutron star

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Recent Examples of neutron star Additionally, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, buried deep in the Antarctic ice, detects high-energy neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources, offering invaluable insights into the universe's most violent phenomena, such as black holes and neutron stars. Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 Supernovae, meanwhile, occur at the end of a star’s life and result in the formation of either an ultra-dense neutron star or a black hole. Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024 Gold doesn’t form here on Earth – it’s thought to be forged in supernovae and collisions between neutron stars. Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024 Earlier studies suggested a modest black hole at its heart but couldn’t exclude the possibility of many smaller black holes and similarly hefty neutron stars gathering at the cluster’s center. Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for neutron star 
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Noun
  • 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, Big Think, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • So far, the guiding lights to find the comet have been the bright planet Venus and the bright red star Arcturus.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • More specifically, the radiant is north of Betelgeuse, the bright, red star that represents Orion’s right shoulder.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Using these variable stars, scientists can measure the distances to galaxies up to about 100 million light-years from us.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Scientists are hoping to study the nova to discover what happens when the material is blasted from the white dwarf and distributed into neighboring galaxies, Boyd said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Such white dwarf stars are the hot, glowing stellar cores left behind when dying sunlike stars blow off their outer layers.
    Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Leave tradition behind and commit to a modern aesthetic with these pretty hanging sphere lights that look like giant stars.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Nunes checks the box as the giant star, and there is an argument for Pena to come up to 145 to challenge her.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • With many variables at play, White Castle hasn’t measured whether Flippy has improved employee retention, Richardson said.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The Moody’s model also factors in other variables, including voter turnout for the non-incumbent party, the incumbent party candidate's approval rating, and the vote share garnered by third parties.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Related article Webb telescope captures ‘green monster’ inside a young supernova The violent outbursts of supernovas typically destroy white dwarfs, but the partial explosion, known as a rare Type lax supernova, left behind a zombie star instead.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Pop supernova Chappell Roan may have another project in the works following her successful debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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  • But the other system isn’t a perfect mirror of our Solar System—a brown dwarf also orbiting the star may have played a part in the Earth-like planet’s survival, experts tell The New York Times.
    Christie Wilcox, science.org, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Some theories say brown dwarf pairs were seeded from the materials that surround a forming star.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024

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