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This material eventually combines into a small neutron star, much like the formation process of early planets.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
That historic event became the benchmark for identifying neutron star mergers across the cosmos.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The particular type of neutron star that emits radio bursts is called a magnetar, with a magnetic field a thousand trillion times stronger than the Earth’s.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2025
In 1967: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a graduate student at Cambridge, discovered the first pulsar, a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star emitting a beam of radiation.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
That historic event became the benchmark for identifying neutron star mergers across the cosmos.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The particular type of neutron star that emits radio bursts is called a magnetar, with a magnetic field a thousand trillion times stronger than the Earth’s.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2025
In 1967: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a graduate student at Cambridge, discovered the first pulsar, a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star emitting a beam of radiation.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 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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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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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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Procyon's white dwarf companion was not found until 1896 at the Lick Observatory in California.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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To understand a nova, first understand a white dwarf.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Setting a financial agenda early isn’t about controlling every variable.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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This suggests the presence of an internal, self-evolving latent variable—independent of external stimuli—that shapes the timing structure of motivation and decision-making.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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What is astronomically lost in the supernova of when fame and art collide?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Called tidal disruption events, these also erupt with energies around that of a supernova.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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The second scenario suggests a star or a smaller stellar body like a brown dwarf or even a planet could have encountered the immense gravitational influence of a black hole or a neutron star, resulting in a smaller, less powerful TDE-type event called a micro-tidal disruption event.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutron%20star. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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