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Recent Examples of neutron star
Previously, the cosmic production of gold has only been linked to neutron star collisions.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
There has only been one other observation of such creation, but from a different source — neutron star mergers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2025
The gravitational pull of the star's remains would have been strong enough to crush together protons and electrons to form neutrons, meaning a neutron star is mostly made of neutrons.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 May 2025
Magnetars are neutron stars—the highly dense, collapsed cores of exploded stars—with powerful magnetic fields.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
There has only been one other observation of such creation, but from a different source — neutron star mergers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2025
The gravitational pull of the star's remains would have been strong enough to crush together protons and electrons to form neutrons, meaning a neutron star is mostly made of neutrons.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 May 2025
Magnetars are neutron stars—the highly dense, collapsed cores of exploded stars—with powerful magnetic fields.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutron star
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With the quest for longitude over, the observatory explored other avenues of astronomy, such as tracking Earth's magnetic field, viewing planetary transits and characterizing binary star systems.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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The campaign, which is slated to run locally, nationally and internationally, incorporates the red stars and colors of the Chicago flag, and features scenes of people making doughnuts, running by the lakefront and partying en masse at a live concert.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The lunar disk will appear to close in on Antares as the night of June 9 progresses, with the red star eventually setting above the moon's upper left shoulder as the duo slip beneath the southwestern horizon in the predawn hours of June 10.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 June 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Crucially, the white dwarf is not destroyed, and the 80-year-long process begins again.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The most violent of these deaths are associated with truly giant stars and are known as supernovas—explosions that sometimes outshine entire galaxies.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Pollux is a giant star, while Castor is three stars orbiting each other.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In the real world, however, those variables are deeply entangled.—
John Walkup,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Another variable to consider is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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Learning about their diversity could help astronomers compare these supernovas with one another, refining our understanding of dark energy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Doctor used the Vindicator, now a part of the Palace clock, to blast Omega with the power of a billion supernovas, forcing him back into his cage.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
31 May 2025
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The new brown dwarfs also exhibit signals from an unidentified hydrocarbon, a chemical compound composed solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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However, in this case, there are two brown dwarfs involved here.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutron%20star. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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