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In general, middling objects too massive to be planets but too lightweight to be stars are called brown dwarfs.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2025
Subtle irregularities in how the brown dwarfs moved hinted that something unseen was tugging on them—something in an unusual orbit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
This means one of the brown dwarfs eclipses the other, as seen from our vantage point on Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Scientists think one possibility is that the auroras are driven by an orbiting planet or moon interacting with the brown dwarf’s intense magnetic field.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2025
Subtle irregularities in how the brown dwarfs moved hinted that something unseen was tugging on them—something in an unusual orbit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
This means one of the brown dwarfs eclipses the other, as seen from our vantage point on Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Scientists think one possibility is that the auroras are driven by an orbiting planet or moon interacting with the brown dwarf’s intense magnetic field.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brown dwarf
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These are binary systems in which one object, a dense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, is stripping material from a companion star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 July 2025
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The system consists of one star and a white dwarf, which is the leftover core of a dead star.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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Because of their curious ability to transmute into photons in the presence of strong magnetic fields, any place that features strong fields—think neutron stars or even the solar corona—could produce extra radiation due to axions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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Gravitational waves are distortions in the fabric of space-time caused by the motion of massive objects like black holes or neutron stars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
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The discovery means that Betelgeuse is a binary star system.—
Robin George Andrews,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Strange things start to happen as the Enterprise follows the Gorn closer to a binary star system.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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The campaign, which is slated to run locally, nationally and internationally, incorporates the red stars and colors of the Chicago flag, and features scenes of people making doughnuts, running by the lakefront and partying en masse at a live concert.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The lunar disk will appear to close in on Antares as the night of June 9 progresses, with the red star eventually setting above the moon's upper left shoulder as the duo slip beneath the southwestern horizon in the predawn hours of June 10.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 June 2025
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The planet is huge; the star is tiny, a red dwarf only 20 percent the mass of our own sun.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Such large worlds are, however, rarely found around the smallest stars, red dwarfs.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 June 2025
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Yet many estate plans are written as if these variables will remain constant forever.—
Patti Brennan,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Another variable complicating the federal workers’ case is the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the authority of federal judges to grant universal injunctions.—
Gabriella Fine,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
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After weeks, months and years of observations, astronomers will have a time-lapse record revealing anything that explodes, flashes or moves – such as supernovas, variable stars or asteroids.—
Samantha Thompson,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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The Fireworks Galaxy's nickname stems from the 10 observable supernovas seen brightening its expanse over the past century; for comparison, our galaxy is only expected to manifest one or maybe two such events over the same period of time.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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Edges nearly everywhere outside of not having a supernova like Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl on their team instead.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Brown dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown%20dwarf. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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