starbursts

plural of starburst

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halos
Noun
  • Dark matter does interact gravitationally, and this has allowed astronomers to discover that entire galaxies like the Milky Way are embedded in vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond the reaches of those galaxies' visible matter.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • According to the standard model of cosmology, galaxies like the Milky Way are located within massive dark matter halos, where the highest concentration of this mysterious substance is found at the galactic center.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Starbursts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starbursts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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