supergiants

noun

plural of supergiant
as in quasars

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  1. pulsars
  2. neutron stars
  3. brown dwarfs
  4. dwarfs
Noun
  • That is because, whereas previous research has suggested just a few hundred pulsars could be enough to account for the Galactic Center Excess, these findings indicate that the pulsar population at the heart of the Milky Way would have to be greater than 35,000.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2026
Definition of pulsars
Noun
  • Since then, along with its fellow detectors Virgo and KAGRA, LIGO has detected gravitational waves from many mergers between pairs of black holes, pairs of ultra-dense neutron stars — and even mixed mergers between a black hole and a neutron star.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of neutron stars
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  • Once orbiting each other, the brown dwarfs would have gradually spiraled closer and closer together, with the gravitational influence of one brown dwarf causing its counterpart to puff out and become less dense.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of brown dwarfs
Noun
  • As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Major props to the dwarfs who saw this as a convenient way to score help in the cleaning department.
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Definition of dwarfs
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