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Currently, a ringed brown dwarf is the prime suspect for the ASASSN-24fw dimming event.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brown dwarf
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Additionally, by using computer simulations, the researchers were able to determine the future of this 3+1 star system, ending up as just two white dwarf stellar remnants.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Finally, its now-inert core contracts down to form a white dwarf, while the prior ejecta get heated up and ionized, creating a planetary nebula.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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The solution was to break the problem down, considering each neutron star individually, and its companion as just a source of gravitational tides.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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When such a star was some 10 to 25 times the mass of our sun, that remnant is usually a neutron star.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, researchers imaged the binary star system AFGL 4106, which sits at the heart of a dusty orange cocoon.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Situated some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis is a binary star system poised for a rare thermonuclear display.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Big, hot, blue stars live shorter lives, while tiny, cool, red stars live for much longer.—
Stephen DiKerby,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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The only stars that will remain after that will be the lowest-mass red dwarf stars.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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According to the simulation, 70% of stars result in signals being broadened in frequency by more than 1 Hz, and 30% of stars produce a broadening of more than 10 Hz, particularly red dwarf stars, which are noted for their strong stellar activity.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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But fair board members have repeatedly mentioned the master planning process for the fairgrounds, which is just getting started, as the main variable in making their decision.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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But Morgan Stanley was explicit that duration is the key variable.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Liz Kruesi,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Feb. 2026
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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
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The observation of this event, triggered by the death of a massive star, confirms the link between the creation of magnetars and super-bright supernova explosions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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While the supernova’s brightness peaked at around Day 50, astronomers noticed something strange.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Brown dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown%20dwarf. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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