How to Use red star in a Sentence
red star
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The moon shines above and to the right of the red star Antares.
—Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 9 June 2019
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Betelgeuse is the bright, red star just left of center.
—Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023
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There will be a bright red star seen in the night sky, not to be confused with the red planet, Mars.
—Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021
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And just above the southern horizon lurks the heart of the scorpion, a red star named Antares.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 23 June 2020
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Some astronomers suspect the end may be near for this beloved red star.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
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On the cover, the inevitable swastika is flanked by two red stars.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
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In the first picture above, see how the small galaxy has no red star-birth regions in it?
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2011
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On the left side of the helmet, there’s the Winter Soldier’s metal arm, with his red star changed to green.
—Dallas News, 13 May 2022
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Aldebaran is a bright red star, part of a V-shaped pattern that represents the Bull's Face.
—Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
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His head is crowned by dark curls, his face adorned with a red star, a symbol of his Workers’ Party.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
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This bright red star is the most brilliant member of Scorpius the Scorpion.
—Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 7 July 2019
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Antares, a red star in the constellation Scorpio roughly 600 light-years from Earth is one of the brightest lights in the night sky.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 Aug. 2017
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The left sleeve has a nod to the spot in the city where the north and south branches of the Chicago River meet, and the red star in the Cubs logo on the hat is a tribute to the city of the Chicago flag.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 8 June 2021
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One of Mars’ buddies will have prominence in the night sky, the constellation Scorpius and its bright red star Antares.
—Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
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Leave aside the double standard here — how many hipsters are there with the hammer and sickle or Mao’s red star on their T-shirts?
—Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Sep. 2017
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The Chinese fighter jet was so close, the CNN crew could see the pilots turning their heads to look at them – and could make out the red star on the tail fins and the missiles it was armed with.
—Ivan Watson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
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Wearing white unitards adorned with blue and red stars or a stripe down the side of the leg, the young dancers bounced on their feet before tilting forward and back to the propulsive beat.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 June 2023
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Betelgeuse is a bright red star in the Orion constellation—one of the closest massive stars to Earth, about 700 light-years away.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022
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The moon passes near the bright red star Aldebaran on Sunday morning before sunrise.
—Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
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Gaze toward the west after darkness falls to see ruddy Mars approaching the much brighter red star Aldebaran, also known as the eye of Taurus, the bull.
—Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
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Chicago Cubs There are a lot of elements to like about this uniform, namely the cap, which has a red star inside a C. A lot of other nice small touches.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
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Military-issue rubber sandals and 1960s Russian textbooks line the shelves above us; the staff wear khaki-green camo and peak caps adorned with red stars.
—Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2018
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This shift in brightness could signal changes for the red star, and some scientists believe a supernova could be on the horizon.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
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Astronomers have long known that Betelgeuse is a supergiant red star at the end of this sequence and that a supernova is likely.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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The constellation also contains the bright red star Betelgeuse, which marks one of Orion's shoulders, and the bright blue star Rigel, which marks the other shoulder.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
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Notably, the bright red star sticking out of the topmost pillar's southeastern edge, are larger than the size of our entire solar system.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2022
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There are plenty of healthy yellow and red stars hosting planets, not so unlike our solar system.
—Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2020
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The gigantic red star Betelgeuse may have a dark secret in its past, according to scientists.
—Fox News, 9 Jan. 2020
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However, a few extraordinary events are happening this week, from a rare eclipse of the bright red star Betelgeuse to the peak of the best meteor shower of the year, the Geminids.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
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Nearby, boots left behind by Russian soldiers are shaped inside a red star evoking the Soviet past.
—New York Times, 2 June 2022
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