: a star having a very low surface temperature and a red color
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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 But with patience and a spirit of exploration, each step reveals a surprise: tiny red stars, minute purple pinpoints, a wash of pink-white across a creek.—Alissa Greenberg, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026 According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026 Across the street from the exit, a mural blares a message of defiance:
A military boot with a red star stomps the head of a cartoonish Donald Trump, who bears a Hitler mustache and whose golden crown lies on the ground.—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for red star