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giant star

noun

Definition of giant star

as in red star

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Recent Examples of giant star However, in the nearby Andromeda galaxy, a giant star seems to have taken a very different path. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026 Together, images like these help astronomers build a broader picture of what's happening across a giant star factory rather than focusing on only one bright hotspot. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Windows into giant stars Tracking Betelgeuse’s behavior and variations can help astronomers better understand other, faint and distant giant stars that are difficult to study, MacLeod said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026 All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for giant star

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Noun

The Hollywood Historic Trust shared a photo of restoration progress on its social media, showing a blank red star set in an otherwise empty square.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The Soviet Union was an archetypal fragile superpower, its red star burning bright before its dramatic final implosion.

— Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of red star

Noun

Such a cloud is typically linked to an eruption of heavy elements—those created during a neutron star collision and its resulting kilonova.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
However, this star doesn't have certain other heavy elements that would be present after a neutron star collision.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of neutron star

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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

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In May, for example, astronomers suggested that a lunar-mass PBH might have been spotted drifting through the halo of our Milky Way, but follow-up work suggested the sighting was a variable star, not a black hole.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
This variable star is also located 250 light-years from Earth, but is sadly lost from view in the glare of the sun during the summer months.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of variable star

Noun

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
Located just 48 light-years from Earth, this white dwarf has a deep convection zone that carries carbon from its core to its surface.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of white dwarf

Noun

Each of the shooting stars can be seen racing away from the shower's apparent point of origin — or radiant — which is located close to the red giant star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
It’s considered a red giant star, nearing the end of its stellar life.

— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026

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