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brown dwarf

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Recent Examples of brown dwarf Instead Hoy and his colleagues used the radial velocity method to look for wobbles in the brown dwarf. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2026 Orbiting this star is a brown dwarf, which is a type of gas giant that is larger than a planet, yet smaller than a star. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 July 2026 The brown dwarf creates gravitational instability at distances equivalent to the distance between Mars and the sun, but this didn't prevent planets from forming in the system. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 June 2026 What’s left is likely to be a large gas giant, possibly somewhere between Jupiter and a brown dwarf star in mass. — ArsTechnica, 2 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brown dwarf

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However, some stars collapse to form a white dwarf composed of oxygen, neon and magnesium.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of white dwarf

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The same happens with a newborn neutron star but on a much grander scale; some pulsars have been measured to spin in excess of 700 times per second.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Answering that question would allow astrophysicists to address other mysteries, such as the precise threshold where a neutron star will collapse to form a black hole.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of neutron star

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The twinkling point of light to the moon's upper left is the binary star system Alpha Virginis, also known as Spica, which shines as the brightest point in the constellation Virgo.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The study has major implications for studying binary star systems as well.

— Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026

Definition of binary star

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The Hollywood Historic Trust shared a photo of restoration progress on its social media, showing a blank red star set in an otherwise empty square.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The Soviet Union was an archetypal fragile superpower, its red star burning bright before its dramatic final implosion.

— Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of red star

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Climate Central scientist Zachary Labe notes that forecasting the weather is complex and variable, which makes such predictions tricky.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
If a price may change because of materials, scope or another variable, say so early.

— Levi King, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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This variable star is also located 250 light-years from Earth, but is sadly lost from view in the glare of the sun during the summer months.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Mroz counters, however, that none of those cases are actual microlensing events and instead the mere fluctuations of ordinary variable stars.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

Definition of variable star

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Like all neutron stars, the pulsar component of NGC 362D was born when a star with between eight and 12 times the mass of the sun died in a massive supernova explosion.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
If Chicago had not gone full supernova on Sunday, Baltimore’s offense would be the biggest fantasy story.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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