Thesaurus results for SUPERGIANT

supergiant

noun

Definition of supergiant

as in supernova

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Recent Examples of supergiant For instance, there are more than 30 supergiant fields, each holding 5 billion barrels or more of oil, around the Persian Gulf. — Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026 With it, Venezuela’s transformation to a petroleum supergiant had begun — for better or worse. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026 Apep also includes a third star, a massive supergiant. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025 The companion orbits Betelgeuse once every five to six years, sweeping through the red supergiant’s outer atmosphere. — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for supergiant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for supergiant

Noun

The final collapse results in a supernova explosion and creates a neutron star with a mass between one and two times that of the sun.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
If Chicago had not gone full supernova on Sunday, Baltimore’s offense would be the biggest fantasy story.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of supernova

Noun

That means the measurements provided by pulsar timing arrays could help determine how abundant heavy black hole seeds were in the early universe.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The pulsar ties back to early research on the phenomenon, which had scientists wondering if their signals were signs of alien life.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of pulsar

Noun

The supermassive black hole in question is powering a type of quasar called a blazar.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The team spotted the distant quasar, an actively feeding supermassive black hole, using observations from the Subaru Telescope.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of quasar

Noun

When an upper bound on a variable equals a lower bound on the same variable, no doubt remains about its true value.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
That development is the variable that will push and pull the USMNT pool in different directions.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of variable

Noun

Scientists have long suspected there is indeed a pathway for a white dwarf to become a neutron star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Hubble’s images reveal an intricate web of gas and dust spreading outward from the explosion’s center, where a rapidly spinning neutron star remains.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of neutron star

Noun

The twinkling point of light to the moon's upper left is the binary star system Alpha Virginis, also known as Spica, which shines as the brightest point in the constellation Virgo.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The study has major implications for studying binary star systems as well.

— Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026