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All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
In the desert lands of the first century, a young boy catches the sight of a giant star.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 June 2025
The most violent of these deaths are associated with truly giant stars and are known as supernovas—explosions that sometimes outshine entire galaxies.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Pollux is a giant star, while Castor is three stars orbiting each other.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
In the desert lands of the first century, a young boy catches the sight of a giant star.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 June 2025
The most violent of these deaths are associated with truly giant stars and are known as supernovas—explosions that sometimes outshine entire galaxies.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Pollux is a giant star, while Castor is three stars orbiting each other.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant star
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Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Big, hot, blue stars live shorter lives, while tiny, cool, red stars live for much longer.—
Stephen DiKerby,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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Learning about these highly energized neutrinos could lead to discoveries about where in the universe they might have been created, such as black holes and neutron star collisions — the latter of which are the most powerful classes of explosions in the cosmos.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The fact that these events are responsible for the creation of some of our most precious and important elements, as well as bright cosmic phenomena like GRBs and kilonovas, means there has been a heavy bias toward studying the aftereffects of neutron star mergers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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But when a binary star about to go supernova threatens the planet Adjumir, Maw’s beloved Gebre entrusts him with an artifact and the order to leave him behind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Next, locate the highest point of light in the constellation — the binary star system Rasalhague — and its neighbor Kappa Ophiuchi to the lower right.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University, focuses on cataclysmic variable stars, objects that vary in brightness over time due to some type of major turmoil.—
Liz Kruesi,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Feb. 2026
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In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Finally, the nebula fades away and only a white dwarf is left behind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Procyon's white dwarf companion was not found until 1896 at the Lick Observatory in California.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Of course, prices aren't the only variable that negotiations hinge on.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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Progress one variable at a time—either speed or workout length.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
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This causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, evolving into a red giant, while the interior of the core heats up, intensifying the rate of fusion within it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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As the red giant expels gas, the white dwarf pulls in this material until enough accumulates on its surface to trigger a thermonuclear explosion.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Giant star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giant%20star. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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