gasser

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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
  • The team thinks that this unique double structure is evidence of planets that weren't completely vaporized during this white dwarf's red giant phase.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Next, Hollands is planning to keep analyzing more white dwarf star spectra, with advances in scientific techniques meaning that researchers will be able to look at a new tranche of stars that are even farther away from Earth.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of white dwarf
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  • The gravity on the surface can be several billion times Earth’s, and a typical neutron star’s magnetic field is billions of times stronger than Earth’s as well.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The team behind that research determined that GRB 111209A is powered by a magnetar, a neutron star with a particular powerful magnetic field.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutron star
Noun
  • The researchers also accounted for differences in the timing, or phase, of incoming pulsar signals.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This revealed that the white dwarf in this binary system is the youngest white dwarf ever seen to be partnered with a millisecond pulsar.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulsar
Noun
  • Miller is the least predictable variable in the complicated equation of formulating the Bulls’ new future.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the biggest variable facing Gunn and Safran’s DC Studios is largely outside their control.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of variable
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • These events are called quasars, but when the jets are directed straight down our line of sight, the quasar is classified as a blazar.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of quasar
Noun
  • Tycho's Star was finally classified as a supernova in the 1940s.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This initial increase in X-rays represented the earliest phase of supernova evolution ever observed.
    — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of supernova
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