as in neutron star
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of white dwarf
To understand a nova, first understand a white dwarf.
—
Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
Search for life on planets orbiting white dwarfs Astronomers haven’t yet found any Earth-like, habitable exoplanets around white dwarfs.
—Juliette Becker, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2025
As the two orbit each other, the intense gravity of the white dwarf pulls gas off the red giant star.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white dwarf
Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
Search for life on planets orbiting white dwarfs Astronomers haven’t yet found any Earth-like, habitable exoplanets around white dwarfs.
—Juliette Becker, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2025
As the two orbit each other, the intense gravity of the white dwarf pulls gas off the red giant star.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white dwarf
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white dwarf
Noun
-
These transients have brightnesses in between that of classical novas, triggered when a white dwarf hoards material from a companion star thus sparking a runaway nuclear explosion, and supernovas that mark the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole or a neutron star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
-
The culprit was a magnetar, a super-magnetized neutron star located about 50,000 light-years away.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
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
-
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
Noun
-
Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
-
Big, hot, blue stars live shorter lives, while tiny, cool, red stars live for much longer.—
Stephen DiKerby,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
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,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
Noun
-
Setting a financial agenda early isn’t about controlling every variable.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
-
This suggests the presence of an internal, self-evolving latent variable—independent of external stimuli—that shapes the timing structure of motivation and decision-making.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
The star, named StKM 1-1262, is a red dwarf star about 130 light-years from Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Nov. 2025
-
With help from the ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory, the team traced the energy waves to a red dwarf located around 130 light-years away from Earth known as StKM 1-1262.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
The second scenario suggests a star or a smaller stellar body like a brown dwarf or even a planet could have encountered the immense gravitational influence of a black hole or a neutron star, resulting in a smaller, less powerful TDE-type event called a micro-tidal disruption event.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
If that is the case, the Ring Nebula could be a portent of what awaits Earth in around 5 billion years when the sun runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion and puffs out to become a red giant.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Jan. 2026
-
The background star involved in the event was identified as a red giant, helping to refine the measurements.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20dwarf. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
