subdwarf

noun

Definition of subdwarfnext
as in supernova

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  1. supernova
  2. supergiant
  3. quasar
  4. pulsar
  5. variable
  6. neutron star
  7. supercluster
  8. white dwarf
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
Definition of supernova
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the week ends with an opportunity to observe a super-slim crescent moon, re-emerging from the sun's glare, alongside the red supergiant star Antares after sunset.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Betelgeuse Known as the celestial hunter Orion’s shoulder, the red supergiant Betelgeuse is one of the most recognizable stars in the sky.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of supergiant
Noun
  • Measurements of distances to quasars based on radio-interferometric techniques, for instance, are advancing, and there are prospects for using fluctuations in galaxy-surface brightness.
    Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Or at least a lot like quasars from more recent periods in the Universe's history.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Definition of quasar
Noun
  • Meanwhile, astronomers like Graber and Zubieta hope this work will enable a new diagnostic tool for pulsars.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar timing array revealed a background hum of gravitational waves in the universe — ripples in the fabric of space-time.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of pulsar
Noun
  • Do not conscript them into your game of high-speed moving variables.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The 2020 election showed that there were aspects of Trump’s support that could not be fully accounted for with the demographic variables that pollsters had come to rely on.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of variable
Noun
  • The group calculated that approximately one in three gravitational waves of the right sort (neutron star collisions work best since their mergers last longer than black hole mergers) would make the bar ring with one quantum unit of energy.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of neutron star
Noun
  • For example, Oracle recently chose AMD’s accelerated computing chips to power its latest supercluster for high-intensity AI workloads, after testing showed AMD’s GPUs delivered low latency and strong performance at a competitive price.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Clusters can clump up in the cosmos to form clusters of clusters, called superclusters.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of supercluster
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
Definition of white dwarf
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