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Recent Examples of red dwarf
And the odds are in favor of the red dwarf idea, because these dim, cool-burning stars make up about 75% of the stars in our galaxy.
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Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The coolness of red dwarf stars like LHS 2520 means they are often posited as stars likely to host habitable zones.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025
In each of the binary pairs, one of the stars is a huge giant, way larger and more massive than our sun, and the smaller star is considered a red dwarf, way smaller than our sun.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Astronomers traced a previous detection of a long-period transient, announced in March, to a white dwarf that’s closely orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The coolness of red dwarf stars like LHS 2520 means they are often posited as stars likely to host habitable zones.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025
In each of the binary pairs, one of the stars is a huge giant, way larger and more massive than our sun, and the smaller star is considered a red dwarf, way smaller than our sun.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Astronomers traced a previous detection of a long-period transient, announced in March, to a white dwarf that’s closely orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red dwarf
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But a major reason why experts have difficulty finding binary star white dwarfs is because of their trademark ultraviolet emissions.—
Andrew Paul Aug 6,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of white dwarfs destined to explode in a spectacular supernova in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Pulsars are neutron stars — the ultradense leftover cores of long-dead stars — that spin rapidly and emit radiation at regular intervals.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
28 July 2025
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Signals from scattering black holes and neutron stars should be within reach of the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors that are set to come online in the late 2030s.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares after sunset on Sunday (Aug. 3).—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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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
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Detecting and analyzing these oddities can help Bédard, Sahu, and other researchers gain a more comprehensive understanding of the ultimate fate of many binary star systems.—
Andrew Paul Aug 6,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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Research has shown that type Ia supernovae originate from some binary star systems containing at least one white dwarf.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Traces of silicates have been seen around stars and even brown dwarfs before, but this is the first time these fingerprints have been found around much smaller free-floating planets.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 July 2025
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The first brown dwarfs were only found in the 1990s.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2025
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These variables offer opportunities to strengthen trust with existing families and network with up-and-coming generations, ultimately achieving results that corporations, primarily focused on quarterly profits, often ignore or struggle to satisfy adequately.—
Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The final crucial variable is the ratio of water to coffee.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 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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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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Antares, a red giant star, is the brightest star in Scorpius and marks the heart of the beast.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
3 Aug. 2025
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Right now, the data is compatible with both white dwarfs and red giants as the setting of the i-process.—
Jenna Ahart,
Quanta Magazine,
2 July 2025
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“Red dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20dwarf. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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