gasser

noun

Definition of gassernext
as in nova

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  1. nova
  2. white dwarf
  3. neutron star
  4. pulsar
  5. variable
  6. binary star
  7. quasar
  8. supernova
Noun
  • Even though novas are exceptionally bright, supernovas are brighter—reaching billions of times brighter than the sun at their peak.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Definition of nova
Noun
  • Mills found that the white dwarf in V445 Puppis has overcome its stellar indigestion and is once again feeding on its companion helium star.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • The planet either warmed up while engulfed during the red giant phase, or began heating as gravity pulled it closer to the resultant white dwarf.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Definition of white dwarf
Noun
  • Second, the array will track decay pathways that mirror stellar reactions, showing how heavy elements form during supernovae and neutron star collisions.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Previous studies had suggested that the dark object was a neutron star.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of neutron star
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  • The team found that the magnetic field runs parallel to a remarkably long filament extending away from the pulsar, confirming that high-energy particles are streaming along magnetic field lines.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026
  • In 2023 a collaboration of radio astronomers reported tiny deviations in the timing of these flashes from dozens of pulsars in the Milky Way.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
Definition of pulsar
Noun
  • Persistence is the variable that converts a rare unsafe path into a likely one.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The biggest variable between now and November is energy, Harker said, and no economic tool allows the administration to control what happens in the Persian Gulf.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of variable
Noun
  • The nova also spawned a thick disc of dust that completely obscured the binary star system.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • The study has major implications for studying binary star systems as well.
    — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Definition of binary star
Noun
  • The most impressive of these new discoveries is the most ancient and distant quasar ever seen, shining with the light of a trillion suns just 670 million years after the Big Bang.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 2026
  • The team spotted the distant quasar, an actively feeding supermassive black hole, using observations from the Subaru Telescope.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of quasar
Noun
  • What to read next That has implications for our understanding of another type of cosmic eruption, this time a type of supernova called a Type Ia supernova.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • But compared with last year — when Jacob Elordi, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, George Clooney and Julia Roberts helped turn Venice into a red-carpet supernova — the wattage is noticeably dimmer.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Definition of supernova
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