Thesaurus results for RED DWARF

red dwarf

noun

Definition of red dwarf

as in white dwarf

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Recent Examples of red dwarf The star itself is called GJ 436, a red dwarf half the mass of the Sun that resides about 30 light-years from Earth. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 This means the exoplanet originally resided safely outside the red dwarf’s diameter. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026 Currently, it isn’t known whether any planets orbit StKM 1-1262, but based on previous research, almost every red dwarf star seems to host at least one planet, Callingham said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025 The research team, led by Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, detected a transit signal in the light curve of the star TOI-1080, an inactive M4V-type red dwarf. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for red dwarf

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Noun

What immediately stood out about WD 1856 b was how close its orbit is to its white dwarf host.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026
The planet either warmed up while engulfed during the red giant phase, or began heating as gravity pulled it closer to the resultant white dwarf.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026

Definition of white dwarf

Noun

When this phenomenon happens, all the matter in the neutron star fuses into one big atom, with a density of about a million billion g/cc.

— Stephen DiKerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
Hopefully, this will help determine whether they’re sparked by an eruption from a single neutron star, or when two of these tiny but massive bodies collide.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 18 June 2026

Definition of neutron star

Noun

The lunar disk will appear to draw closer to the red light of Antares as the pair track a low arc over the southern horizon, before finally setting at sunrise on May 31, with the red star having transitioned to the top of the silver moon.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 May 2026
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

Definition of red star

Noun

Then in the future, when the binary star component enters the red giant phase, long after the outer star has become a compact white dwarf, the mass transfer could begin again in the opposite direction, with matter falling onto the surface of the white dwarf.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Granted, this series has moving parts beyond its binary stars.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of binary star

Noun

The brown dwarf creates gravitational instability at distances equivalent to the distance between Mars and the sun, but this didn't prevent planets from forming in the system.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 June 2026
This mass straddles the line between that of gas giants and brown dwarf stars, leading astronomers to call the object a planetary-mass companion.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 June 2026

Definition of brown dwarf

Noun

For corporate and investor decision-makers the variable that now dominates AI infrastructure economics is not model performance or chip cost curves.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
But consumer demand is the big variable impacting companies’ gross margin, Sole noted.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

Definition of variable

Noun

This variable star is also located 250 light-years from Earth, but is sadly lost from view in the glare of the sun during the summer months.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Mroz counters, however, that none of those cases are actual microlensing events and instead the mere fluctuations of ordinary variable stars.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

Definition of variable star

Noun

It’s considered a red giant star, nearing the end of its stellar life.

— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026
Its host star has been a white dwarf for longer than that, which means the exoplanet was safe during the star's destructive red giant phase, and moved into its tight orbit afterwards.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026