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Recent Examples of red star
Satellite map of the tsunami's leading edge (red), with the epicenter depicted by a red star.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Blue and red stars shine brightly, while nearby blue spiral galaxies and distant red galaxy groups can also be seen.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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
According to Nine Planets, Uy Scuti is a supergiant red star that’s located in the constellation named Scutum.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Blue and red stars shine brightly, while nearby blue spiral galaxies and distant red galaxy groups can also be seen.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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
According to Nine Planets, Uy Scuti is a supergiant red star that’s located in the constellation named Scutum.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red star
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This theoretical limit concerns how much matter can be accreted to a compact body like a neutron star or black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Using artificial neutral networks, his tool allows astronomers to distinguish true binary star systems from chance alignments in massive data sets like the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The double stars of Albireo are considered a binary star system, just over 400 light-years away, with just one light-year equaling nearly 6 trillion miles.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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After weeks, months and years of observations, astronomers will have a time-lapse record revealing anything that explodes, flashes or moves – such as supernovas, variable stars or asteroids.—
Samantha Thompson,
Space.com,
7 July 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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The other type of star that goes supernova is a giant star with a mass at least eight times greater than the sun.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
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Next up, the team hopes to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study the white dwarf and the exo-Pluto in infrared light.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Another potential cause is a white dwarf — a dead star as heavy as our sun but condensed to the size of Earth — being ripped apart by a rare intermediate-mass black hole.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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Adelman’s vision for Murray’s substitution pattern will be another variable.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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Here, hot weather is the confounding variable leading to both outcomes.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Sep. 2025
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The evolution of intelligent life around red dwarf stars is likely to be an uphill slog, due to the demands needed to jumpstart oxygenic photosynthesis.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This proximity to a red dwarf is problematic, however, as these pipsqueak stars can punch well above their weight by regularly unleashing violent stellar outbursts.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sometime between now and when the sun enters its Earth-devouring red giant phase, Major League Baseball will make an official announcement regarding its 2026-28 media rights contracts.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Antares is, in reality, a binary star system, made up of a red supergiant star with a white main sequence companion, though the light of the red giant dominates the naked-eye view from Earth.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Red star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20star. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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