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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.
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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
Antares is a red supergiant star 12 times the sun's mass, one of the biggest stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
For example, in 2019 and 2020 the red supergiant star Betelgeuse blasted out immense volumes of dust that dropped its visibility by more than half and had astronomers scrambling to understand the physical processes behind the event.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
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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
Antares is a red supergiant star 12 times the sun's mass, one of the biggest stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
For example, in 2019 and 2020 the red supergiant star Betelgeuse blasted out immense volumes of dust that dropped its visibility by more than half and had astronomers scrambling to understand the physical processes behind the event.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
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Rubin's wide field of view will enable it to produce alerts for transient events like supernovas or asteroids within 120 seconds, generating 20 terabytes of data each night, ultimately creating the largest astronomical movie ever.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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The final confirmation might need to wait until pulsar timing arrays become sensitive enough to detect the gravitational waves coming from PG 1553+153.Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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But other sources, like quasars, supernovae and gamma ray bursts, can fire off particles at extremely high energies.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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For instance, Oracle recently chose AMD’s accelerated computing chips to power its latest supercluster for high-intensity AI workloads, after testing showed that AMD’s GPUs delivered low latency and strong performance at a competitive price.Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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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
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
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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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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
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“Supergiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supergiant. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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