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We had to find our way by starlight.
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The sneakers come in 21 colors — but users can score them for 20 percent off in specific shades, including white and cielo blue, carnation and starlight glow, and droplet and druzy.
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Different elements and molecules absorb light at specific wavelengths, so studying the spectrum of starlight that has passed through an atmosphere can reveal a great deal about that atmosphere's composition.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The dirt of the desert is circling around in little eddies as the wind blends it together with the starlight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Many space- and ground-based telescopes hunt for exoplanets this way, but Pandora will take it a step further, looking not just at the intensity of the starlight but at the chemical spectrum of that portion of it that passes through the atmosphere of the planet.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Different elements and molecules absorb light at specific wavelengths, so studying the spectrum of starlight that has passed through an atmosphere can reveal a great deal about that atmosphere's composition.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The dirt of the desert is circling around in little eddies as the wind blends it together with the starlight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Many space- and ground-based telescopes hunt for exoplanets this way, but Pandora will take it a step further, looking not just at the intensity of the starlight but at the chemical spectrum of that portion of it that passes through the atmosphere of the planet.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlight. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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starlight
noun
star·light
ˈstär-ˌlīt 
: the light given by the stars
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