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Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University, focuses on cataclysmic variable stars, objects that vary in brightness over time due to some type of major turmoil.
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Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026
In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
As one of the largest, most luminous stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the variable star VY Canis Majoris is a likely candidates for the next naked-eye core-collapse supernova, said Guinan.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026
In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
As one of the largest, most luminous stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, the variable star VY Canis Majoris is a likely candidates for the next naked-eye core-collapse supernova, said Guinan.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variable star
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Since then, along with its fellow detectors Virgo and KAGRA, LIGO has detected gravitational waves from many mergers between pairs of black holes, pairs of ultra-dense neutron stars — and even mixed mergers between a black hole and a neutron star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Gamma rays are the most energetic type of light rays, typically marking the last gasp of a dying star or the cataclysmic clap of two neutron stars.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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The lunar disk will appear to draw closer to the red light of Antares as the pair track a low arc over the southern horizon, before finally setting at sunrise on May 31, with the red star having transitioned to the top of the silver moon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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But with patience and a spirit of exploration, each step reveals a surprise: tiny red stars, minute purple pinpoints, a wash of pink-white across a creek.—
Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Then in the future, when the binary star component enters the red giant phase, long after the outer star has become a compact white dwarf, the mass transfer could begin again in the opposite direction, with matter falling onto the surface of the white dwarf.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Granted, this series has moving parts beyond its binary stars.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2026
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This would trigger explosive outbursts on the white dwarf, which would be seen across the galaxy as a nova eruption.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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In the center is a white dwarf, the dense, compact core of a dying star.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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The study also used patients who had not taken migraine preventive medications for at least the past three months, Anderson noted, reducing the potential confounding variable of medication use.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
2 June 2026
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Remote work villain A closer look at who is and who isn’t finding jobs points to remote work as a powerful variable.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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However, in the nearby Andromeda galaxy, a giant star seems to have taken a very different path.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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Together, images like these help astronomers build a broader picture of what's happening across a giant star factory rather than focusing on only one bright hotspot.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Variable star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variable%20star. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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