Recent Examples on the WebIronically, that same intense radiation is gradually destroying the head of the globule and sweeping away the tiny particles that scatter the starlight, astronomers say.—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 Ring calls them blush, charcoal, and starlight (aka pink, gray, and beige).—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 1 May 2024 With no surplus of starlight to support it, the star’s outer layers fall inward to the core and then rebound to explode outward, sending shockwaves rippling through the surrounding material.—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024 In the future, astronomers hope to have the ability to search for planets around stars more similar to our sun, which will require the ability to block intense starlight to find faint Earth-size planets.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024 Related article Astronomers make unprecedented discovery in search for water in space
Telescopes can pick up on dips in starlight that indicate the planet is passing in front of its star, and those dips in starlight are called transits.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024 As the planet transits the star, starlight filters through it, allowing Webb to look for evidence of an atmosphere and even determine the planet’s atmospheric composition.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024 But other types of dark matter could clump differently, resulting in a more even distribution of starlight.—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 The accidental galaxy These dim ghosts are hard to find and even harder to study, requiring hours or days of observation to bring their visible starlight into focus.—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
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