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We had to find our way by starlight.
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Ironically, that same intense radiation is gradually destroying the head of the globule and sweeping away the tiny particles that scatter the starlight, astronomers say.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Ring calls them blush, charcoal, and starlight (aka pink, gray, and beige).
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
With no surplus of starlight to support it, the star’s outer layers fall inward to the core and then rebound to explode outward, sending shockwaves rippling through the surrounding material.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
In the future, astronomers hope to have the ability to search for planets around stars more similar to our sun, which will require the ability to block intense starlight to find faint Earth-size planets.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Ring calls them blush, charcoal, and starlight (aka pink, gray, and beige).
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
With no surplus of starlight to support it, the star’s outer layers fall inward to the core and then rebound to explode outward, sending shockwaves rippling through the surrounding material.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
In the future, astronomers hope to have the ability to search for planets around stars more similar to our sun, which will require the ability to block intense starlight to find faint Earth-size planets.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlight. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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starlight
noun
star·light
ˈstär-ˌlīt 
: the light given by the stars
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