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Skywatchers on Saturday night will be treated to the gorgeous sight of a waxing crescent moon close to Antares, an unmistakably bright red supergiant star shining in the south.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Its mass is between 10 and 15 times the mass of our sun; again, typical for a red supergiant.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star close to the end of its life, as it’s rapidly burned through all of its hydrogen fuel and is now burning helium instead.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
So close, in fact, that the second star plows through the tenuous outer atmosphere of the red supergiant.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 July 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Its mass is between 10 and 15 times the mass of our sun; again, typical for a red supergiant.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star close to the end of its life, as it’s rapidly burned through all of its hydrogen fuel and is now burning helium instead.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
So close, in fact, that the second star plows through the tenuous outer atmosphere of the red supergiant.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supergiant
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For years, Weber claimed to continue to detect these waves, including when our Local Group’s closest and most recent supernova went off in 1987.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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This new chink in the armor of dark energy resulted from Lee and colleagues from Yonsei University discovering that Type Ia supernova may not be quite so standard after all.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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In 1992 that changed, when astronomers spotted two planets orbiting a pulsar 2,300 light years from Earth.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
2 Jan. 2026
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Gravitational forces from the much heavier pulsar are pulling the Jupiter-mass world into a bizarre lemon shape.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Found by Hubble before JWST’s launch, GNz7q looked like a mix of a galaxy and a quasar.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, this quasar is also producing jets of particles moving at nearly the speed of light, a rare feature among quasars.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Players getting paid can also affect locker room chemistry and become another variable to be managed.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the number will stay low but variable.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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Even though novas are exceptionally bright, supernovas are brighter—reaching billions of times brighter than the sun at their peak.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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Recorded live at the Lincoln Center, the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo, wearing one of Cher’s own wigs.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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La Selva always had caymans, but only the less aggressive and less territorial dwarf and white species.—
Noah Lederman,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2026
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Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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What is a neutron star, or pulsar?—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Pulsar 2849 intrigued me with its neutron star premise.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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But when a binary star about to go supernova threatens the planet Adjumir, Maw’s beloved Gebre entrusts him with an artifact and the order to leave him behind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Next, locate the highest point of light in the constellation — the binary star system Rasalhague — and its neighbor Kappa Ophiuchi to the lower right.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Supergiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supergiant. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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