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

This leaves the core as a stellar remnant, either a neutron star or a black hole, initially surrounded by an expanding shell of supernova debris.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Plenty of cosmic wonders are expected to be revealed by the telescope, including thousands of previously unseen asteroids, exploding supernova stars and millions of distant galaxies.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of supernova

Noun

The team found that the magnetic field runs parallel to a remarkably long filament extending away from the pulsar, confirming that high-energy particles are streaming along magnetic field lines.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026
In 2023 a collaboration of radio astronomers reported tiny deviations in the timing of these flashes from dozens of pulsars in the Milky Way.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 18 June 2026

Definition of pulsar

Noun

The most impressive of these new discoveries is the most ancient and distant quasar ever seen, shining with the light of a trillion suns just 670 million years after the Big Bang.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 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

The shim also embeds the policy so enforcement doesn’t rely exclusively on the external variable.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
The Carry's replaceable battery supplies up to four hours of training time (variable on usage and operating conditions) per charge.

— Shirl Leigh July 13, New Atlas, 13 July 2026

Definition of variable

Noun

This is why a major question in the field is whether or not rocky planet atmospheres can even survive at all around M dwarfs.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Adults must crawl through doorways, buildings look like dollhouses and dwarf goats and donkeys hunker in the animal section.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026