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Recent Examples of red star
More specifically, the radiant is north of Betelgeuse, the bright, red star that represents Orion’s right shoulder.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
So two blue stars close together might be resolvable in a telescope, while two red stars at the same separation won’t be.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2024
Looming ominously in the sky is an enormous red star, prone to fiery outbursts and appearing several times bigger than the Sun.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024
Its red star, displayed on the front of the house, is reserved for homes built in the 18th century.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
So two blue stars close together might be resolvable in a telescope, while two red stars at the same separation won’t be.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2024
Looming ominously in the sky is an enormous red star, prone to fiery outbursts and appearing several times bigger than the Sun.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024
Its red star, displayed on the front of the house, is reserved for homes built in the 18th century.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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The collisions of compact astrophysical objects such as black holes and neutron stars emit strong gravitational waves.Gaurav Khanna, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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The most obvious candidate, the team says, is a pulsar – a type of neutron star that produces beams of electromagnetic radiation from its poles.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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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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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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The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Competitive intelligence tools track these variables in real time, keeping them ahead of rivals.Mohit Prateek, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Such variables make projections about AI's energy consumption and pollution profile tricky.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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That is the result of the unusual characteristics of their tiny and cool host red dwarf star, which can mimic atmospheric signals that are already weak and hard to detect.Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, red dwarf stars have starspots and eruptions that interfere with measurements.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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In the evening, red giant flying squirrels emerged from their tree holes before sailing from trunk to trunk in the twilight.Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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However, by then, the sun will have exhausted its hydrogen fuel and be expanding into a red giant star, either consuming Earth or boiling away its oceans.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Red star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20star. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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