variable star

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Recent Examples of variable star Photograph: Alamy Hubble in turn wrote up his variable star measurements and convinced everyone that Andromeda was indeed a separate galaxy. WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023 So a variable star is one that changes its brightness over time in a regular cycle. Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023 The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star. Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2023 The variable star usually cycles from dim to bright over some 420 days, so astronomers say there’s still more to the mystery. Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020 See all Example Sentences for variable star 
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Noun
  • The collisions of compact astrophysical objects such as black holes and neutron stars emit strong gravitational waves.
    Gaurav Khanna, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • However, Shotton also highlighted a study by Charles Spence that attempts to isolate the effort variable.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This leaves plenty of time for variables, for temperature fluctuations, and for off flavors to seep into the coffee from the fridge.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024

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