supergiant
noun
su·per·gi·ant
ˈsü-pər-ˌjī-ənt 
: something that is extremely large
especially
: a star of very great intrinsic luminosity and enormous size
supergiant
adjective
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Since this star system of a white dwarf (the dense core of a dead star) and a red supergiant (an expanding cooling star) is 3,000 light-years away, whatever is about to happen did so 3,000 years ago.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Per Nine Planets, Uy Scuti is a red supergiant star located in the constellation Scutum.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
Young Thug has been teasing Uy Scuti — which takes its name from a red supergiant star 5,900 light years away — for about a month now.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Per Nine Planets, Uy Scuti is a red supergiant star located in the constellation Scutum.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2025
Young Thug has been teasing Uy Scuti — which takes its name from a red supergiant star 5,900 light years away — for about a month now.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Supergiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supergiant. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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