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Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University, focuses on cataclysmic variable stars, objects that vary in brightness over time due to some type of major turmoil.
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Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026
In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
As one of the largest, most luminous stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the variable star VY Canis Majoris is a likely candidates for the next naked-eye core-collapse supernova, said Guinan.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026
In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
As one of the largest, most luminous stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the variable star VY Canis Majoris is a likely candidates for the next naked-eye core-collapse supernova, said Guinan.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Variable star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variable%20star. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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