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What is a neutron star, or pulsar?—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025 -
Pulsar 2849 intrigued me with its neutron star premise.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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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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But when a binary star about to go supernova threatens the planet Adjumir, Maw’s beloved Gebre entrusts him with an artifact and the order to leave him behind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Next, locate the highest point of light in the constellation — the binary star system Rasalhague — and its neighbor Kappa Ophiuchi to the lower right.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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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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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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This matter builds up on the surface of the white dwarf until the temperature and pressure grows so great that a localized thermonuclear detonates and extends across the white dwarf's surface while leaving the white dwarf's interior intact.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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To understand a nova, first understand a white dwarf.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Her star tattoo fully healed, Grant hopes the giant star – like Altadena itself – survives and thrives, not only in homage to what was lost but what could be.—
Cheri Mossburg,
CNN Money,
26 Nov. 2025
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Burst of energy could be from consumption of wayward giant star After considering a list of suspects behind the flare, the researchers determined that the most likely culprit is what's known as a tidal disruption event.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
5 Nov. 2025
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Players getting paid can also affect locker room chemistry and become another variable to be managed.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the number will stay low but variable.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Fixed star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixed%20star. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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