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Recent Examples of starlike
Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlike
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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Finding the cosmic wonder The research team utilized data from various astronomical surveys and the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate the region around LMCN 1971-08a.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The celestial events happen annually or at other intervals, NASA says.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Luna’s first quarter phase is equivalent to a celestial checkpoint, where the story brought on by the lunar cycle takes a turn.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The project demanded 700,000 node hours and more than 17,000 GPUs using AthenaPK, an open-source astrophysical code.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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By studying gravitational waves related to the event, the researchers were able to observe an astrophysical phenomenon that does not emit light.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Many of the iconic works from this time broke precedent by portraying morally ambiguous superheroes who weren’t pure or star-spangled.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
21 July 2022
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The object, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected, after Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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On his popular YouTube channel, Cool Worlds, Kipping takes viewers on in-depth explorations of subjects like planetary systems, interstellar travel, and the search for life beyond Earth.—
Adam Frank,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Starlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlike. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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