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Recent Examples of neutron star
The culprit was a magnetar, a super-magnetized neutron star located about 50,000 light-years away.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Given the possible sub-solar neutron star implied by the gravitational wave data, researchers hypothesize that a supernova’s two newborn neutron stars orbited into one another to generate a separate kilonova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
Once completed, the SKA telescopes will make up the most advanced radio telescope observatory in the world, allowing scientists to observe everything from black holes to neutron stars with improved resolution, sensitivity, and speed.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025
That in turn will create compression in the carbon-oxygen portion of the neutron star, pushing it past the density needed for that to start fusing.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Given the possible sub-solar neutron star implied by the gravitational wave data, researchers hypothesize that a supernova’s two newborn neutron stars orbited into one another to generate a separate kilonova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
Once completed, the SKA telescopes will make up the most advanced radio telescope observatory in the world, allowing scientists to observe everything from black holes to neutron stars with improved resolution, sensitivity, and speed.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025
That in turn will create compression in the carbon-oxygen portion of the neutron star, pushing it past the density needed for that to start fusing.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutron star
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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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Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University, focuses on cataclysmic variable stars, objects that vary in brightness over time due to some type of major turmoil.—
Liz Kruesi,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Feb. 2026
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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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Finally, the nebula fades away and only a white dwarf is left behind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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One variable includes whether the clothing and backpack was purchased online or in-store.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The time change is a new variable that's going to be a new opportunity to deepen our resolve and our devotion.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Following its expulsion, the gas, vapor and soot expanded rapidly into the surrounding atmosphere, forming complex patterns reminiscent of a blooming flower, or a nebula formed in the wake of a supernova explosion in the moment the photograph was taken.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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According to the researchers, the star’s long, steady fading is highly unusual and does not match the pattern of a normal supernova.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 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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Currently, a ringed brown dwarf is the prime suspect for the ASASSN-24fw dimming event.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutron%20star. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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