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Recent Examples of binary star
The binary star system sits roughly 150 light-years from Earth.
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
After converging, the binary star system will explode into a Type 1a supernova.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Research has shown that type Ia supernovae originate from some binary star systems containing at least one white dwarf.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The discovery of the binary star system was made by astronomers at the University of Warwick in England.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
After converging, the binary star system will explode into a Type 1a supernova.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Research has shown that type Ia supernovae originate from some binary star systems containing at least one white dwarf.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The discovery of the binary star system was made by astronomers at the University of Warwick in England.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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Normally, neutrons are bound within atomic nuclei or in the matter making up extraordinarily powerful stars called neutron stars.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The findings, published in the same issue of Nature, provide additional support that a neutron star created the fast radio burst.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to Nine Planets, Uy Scuti is a supergiant red star that’s located in the constellation named Scutum.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Apr. 2025
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The tricolor has horizontal stripes of green, white, and black, with three red stars down the center stripe, which in the 1930s represented the three main states of Aleppo, Damascus, and Deir Ezzor.—
Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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What's left behind is the raw stellar core — a white dwarf.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Since this star system of a white dwarf (the dense core of a dead star) and a red supergiant (an expanding cooling star) is 3,000 light-years away, whatever is about to happen did so 3,000 years ago.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Planetary nebulae like Kohoutek 4-55 are the finale at the end of a giant star’s life.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Pollux is a single giant star, more than 10 times the diameter of our sun, and shining a little more than 34 light-years away, with one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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Companies isolate variables, split audiences into test and control groups and measure new experiences against existing ones.—
Amit Ashkenazi,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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There are simply too many variables to consider, including the genetic influence of does on their male offspring and the role that maturity plays in antler growth.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary%20star. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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