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Recent Examples of neutron star
In this case, the LIGO data analysis programs had concluded from the shape of the gravitational wave front that two in-spiraling and ultimately colliding neutron stars had produced the spacetime blip.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
Scientists know that stellar corpses are densely packed with neutrons — one teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh as much as Mount Everest.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The group calculated that approximately one in three gravitational waves of the right sort (neutron star collisions work best since their mergers last longer than black hole mergers) would make the bar ring with one quantum unit of energy.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
Scientists know that stellar corpses are densely packed with neutrons — one teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh as much as Mount Everest.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The group calculated that approximately one in three gravitational waves of the right sort (neutron star collisions work best since their mergers last longer than black hole mergers) would make the bar ring with one quantum unit of energy.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutron star
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An eye-opening new Hubble image shows the binary star system R Aquarii having a cosmic freakout.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data.Big Think, Big Think, 24 June 2024
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These Earth-sized planets were found orbiting a small red star called TRAPPIST-1, a star 40 light-years away with one-tenth of the mass of the sun.Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Outside, after the mass, all the weeds in town were topped with red stars.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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This region, about 8,000 light-years from Earth, is located adjacent to the famous explosive variable star Eta Carinae, which lies just outside the field of view toward the upper right.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Stars that change in brightness, known as variable stars, get brighter and dimmer; supernovas burst into view and then gradually fade away; and thousands of objects too faint to see with the unaided eye, like asteroids, move steadily across the sky.Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
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The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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Leave tradition behind and commit to a modern aesthetic with these pretty hanging sphere lights that look like giant stars.Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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However, Shotton also highlighted a study by Charles Spence that attempts to isolate the effort variable.Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This leaves plenty of time for variables, for temperature fluctuations, and for off flavors to seep into the coffee from the fridge.Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rubin's wide field of view will enable it to produce alerts for transient events like supernovas or asteroids within 120 seconds, generating 20 terabytes of data each night, ultimately creating the largest astronomical movie ever.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Related article Webb telescope captures ‘green monster’ inside a young supernova The violent outbursts of supernovas typically destroy white dwarfs, but the partial explosion, known as a rare Type lax supernova, left behind a zombie star instead.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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But the other system isn’t a perfect mirror of our Solar System—a brown dwarf also orbiting the star may have played a part in the Earth-like planet’s survival, experts tell The New York Times.Christie Wilcox, science.org, 30 Sep. 2024
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Some theories say brown dwarf pairs were seeded from the materials that surround a forming star.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutron%20star. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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