fixed star

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Noun
  • Scientists have long theorized neutron stars, ultradense core remnants left behind after massive stars explode, as origins of fast radio bursts.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • One of the fast radio bursts appears to have come from the chaotic, magnetically active environment near a type of dense neutron star called a magnetar.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • These Earth-sized planets were found orbiting a small red star called TRAPPIST-1, a star 40 light-years away with one-tenth of the mass of the sun.
    Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • New York has no issue in that regard — second in offensive rating, third in shooting percentage and a binary star averaging more than 50 points per game.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • However, the existence of a white dwarf is not sufficient for a Type la supernova; the white draft must also be part of a binary star system, in which a pair of stars orbit a common center of mass.
    Julian Dossett, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the stellar corpse of the bygone star known as a white dwarf, which is seen as the tiny white dot within the nebula, is indeed located at its center.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The white dwarf could be shedding matter and triggering the pulses observed by the researchers.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While these terms are often politicized, some represent demographic variables that researchers collect when tracking the ebb and flow of diseases and health conditions across populations.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Notably, investors and market analysts will likely observe how Chevron adapts to these circumstances, as the oil and gas sector remains susceptible to unpredictable market variables.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Fixed star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixed%20star. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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