Thesaurus results for WHITE DWARF

white dwarf

noun

Definition of white dwarf

as in neutron star

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Recent Examples of white dwarf Mills found that the white dwarf in V445 Puppis has overcome its stellar indigestion and is once again feeding on its companion helium star. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026 The planet either warmed up while engulfed during the red giant phase, or began heating as gravity pulled it closer to the resultant white dwarf. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026 Roughly five billion years from now, the sun will follow the same path as this star, expanding into a red giant before shrinking into a white dwarf. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 1 July 2026 The star system consists of a red giant star and a white dwarf locked in a close orbit. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for white dwarf

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Second, the array will track decay pathways that mirror stellar reactions, showing how heavy elements form during supernovae and neutron star collisions.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Previous studies had suggested that the dark object was a neutron star.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of neutron star

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After a welcome presentation and cocktail party—Kir Royales in hand—slip into Moments, the onboard restaurant by German Michelin‑starred chef David Görne, whose cooking has held a red star since 2016 and a Green Star for sustainability since 2020.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of red star

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This variable star is also located 250 light-years from Earth, but is sadly lost from view in the glare of the sun during the summer months.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Mroz counters, however, that none of those cases are actual microlensing events and instead the mere fluctuations of ordinary variable stars.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

Definition of variable star

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Persistence is the variable that converts a rare unsafe path into a likely one.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The biggest variable between now and November is energy, Harker said, and no economic tool allows the administration to control what happens in the Persian Gulf.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of variable

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This binary consists of a pre-main-sequence star that has gathered mass but hasn't yet triggered the fusion of hydrogen to helium in its core, and its companion, a red dwarf star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Looking at a red dwarf improves matters, since there’s less light overall, and planets are relatively larger compared to these small stars.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

Definition of red dwarf

Noun

Such are the strange semantic questions raised by studies of CD-35 2722 B, a brown dwarf with about 30 times the mass of Jupiter that’s orbiting a small star that is some 73 light-years from Earth in the system CD-35 2722.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 July 2026
Instead Hoy and his colleagues used the radial velocity method to look for wobbles in the brown dwarf.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 July 2026

Definition of brown dwarf

Noun

It’s considered a red giant star, nearing the end of its stellar life.

— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026
Its host star has been a white dwarf for longer than that, which means the exoplanet was safe during the star's destructive red giant phase, and moved into its tight orbit afterwards.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of red giant

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