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We had to find our way by starlight.
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The Series 11 also has access to a wider range of finishes as it is offered in four aluminum colors (jet black, rose gold, silver, and space gray) and three titanium colors (slate, gold, and natural), whereas the Watch SE 3 only comes in aluminum in midnight and starlight.
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PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Understanding that a hot exo-atmosphere would be large and inflated in size, and that graphite would absorb practically all of the starlight impacting that atmosphere if there were a high-altitude layer of it, represents a fascinating scenario for explaining the features of these planets.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
There, a sun-like star is more than 10 billion times brighter than an Earth-like planet, making starlight suppression extraordinarily demanding.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, because chemicals absorb light at characteristic wavelengths, as starlight passes through the atmosphere of a planet, a process called spectroscopy can be used to determine the chemical composition of that atmosphere.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Understanding that a hot exo-atmosphere would be large and inflated in size, and that graphite would absorb practically all of the starlight impacting that atmosphere if there were a high-altitude layer of it, represents a fascinating scenario for explaining the features of these planets.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
There, a sun-like star is more than 10 billion times brighter than an Earth-like planet, making starlight suppression extraordinarily demanding.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, because chemicals absorb light at characteristic wavelengths, as starlight passes through the atmosphere of a planet, a process called spectroscopy can be used to determine the chemical composition of that atmosphere.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlight. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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starlight
noun
star·light
ˈstär-ˌlīt 
: the light given by the stars
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