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Photograph: Alamy Hubble in turn wrote up his variable star measurements and convinced everyone that Andromeda was indeed a separate galaxy.
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WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
Introduction Hubble in turn wrote up his variable star measurements and convinced everyone that Andromeda was indeed a separate galaxy.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
Cosmic Shores Hubble’s study of Andromeda and its variable star stemmed from his fierce rivalry with another famed astronomer at Mount Wilson, Harlow Shapley.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
So a variable star is one that changes its brightness over time in a regular cycle.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2023
The variable star usually cycles from dim to bright over some 420 days, so astronomers say there’s still more to the mystery.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
This type of system is called a cataclysmic variable star.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2012
The image from Hubble shows a nebula (a gas cloud) that happened during one of the larger outbursts from the variable star.
—Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
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WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
Introduction Hubble in turn wrote up his variable star measurements and convinced everyone that Andromeda was indeed a separate galaxy.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
Cosmic Shores Hubble’s study of Andromeda and its variable star stemmed from his fierce rivalry with another famed astronomer at Mount Wilson, Harlow Shapley.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
So a variable star is one that changes its brightness over time in a regular cycle.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2023
The variable star usually cycles from dim to bright over some 420 days, so astronomers say there’s still more to the mystery.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
This type of system is called a cataclysmic variable star.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2012
The image from Hubble shows a nebula (a gas cloud) that happened during one of the larger outbursts from the variable star.
—Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
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1788, in the meaning defined above
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variable star
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: a star whose brightness changes usually in more or less regular periods
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