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Recent Examples of binary star
However, the existence of a white dwarf is not sufficient for a Type la supernova; the white draft must also be part of a binary star system, in which a pair of stars orbit a common center of mass.
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
New York has no issue in that regard — second in offensive rating, third in shooting percentage and a binary star averaging more than 50 points per game.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
In mid-December 2024, scientists discovered a pair of binary stars designated D9 orbiting each other close to Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Scientists have never been able to detect the binary star system within the S-cluster -- until now.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Julian Dossett, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
New York has no issue in that regard — second in offensive rating, third in shooting percentage and a binary star averaging more than 50 points per game.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
In mid-December 2024, scientists discovered a pair of binary stars designated D9 orbiting each other close to Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Scientists have never been able to detect the binary star system within the S-cluster -- until now.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary star
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As the star's core rapidly crushes down to form a neutron star, the outer layers and most of the star's mass are blown away in a core-collapse supernova.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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That year observations of a merging neutron star revealed that gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves arrived at Earth within three seconds of each other—after traversing a distance of 130 million light-years.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Hubble image captures the nebula's diverse stellar population, which includes hot, young blue stars and older red stars, scattered among intricately woven, airy tendrils of gas and dark clumps of dust.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Reports of earthquake felt away from source (red star) on February 14, 2025.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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But further observations of this and other white dwarf stars would be needed to clarify the conundrum.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
9 Mar. 2025
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Type Ia supernova explosions spur the destruction of white dwarf stars that have accreted too much mass.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hamal is a giant star in our Milky Way galaxy that dwarfs our sun with a diameter of at least 13 million miles.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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Rising above 45 meters and crowned by a giant star of 17 meters in diameter, this walk-through tree offers light shows and music every hour from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is accompanied by eight other trees of lights instead of hanging decoration.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Avalanche terrain is a world of numerous variables, contradictions, and compounding human error.—
Ashley Thess,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Traditional retirement planning doesn’t account for all these variables.—
Ty Bernicke,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Binary star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary%20star. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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