as in supernova
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples of pulsar in a Sentence
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Recent Examples on the Web
The antennas have enabled scientists to detect radio signals emitted during magnetic storms on the Sun, document the metronomic bursts from dead stellar cinders called pulsars, and discover the fine detail of lightning strikes on Saturn.
—
Byeric Lusito, science.org, 14 June 2024
But unlike a pulsar, those bursts were separated by over 20 minutes.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
The first sign of gravitational waves: binary pulsars Most people recall that the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced in 2016: just eight years ago, or more than a full century after Einstein’s general relativity was first unleashed on the world.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
How pulsars pulse Contrary to the section heading, pulsars don't actually pulse.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for pulsar 
Byeric Lusito, science.org, 14 June 2024
But unlike a pulsar, those bursts were separated by over 20 minutes.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
The first sign of gravitational waves: binary pulsars Most people recall that the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced in 2016: just eight years ago, or more than a full century after Einstein’s general relativity was first unleashed on the world.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
How pulsars pulse Contrary to the section heading, pulsars don't actually pulse.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for pulsar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsar
Noun
-
Recent research by Chamba and colleagues has also shed light on the role that supernovas might play in the dispersion of gas within a galaxy — where 'stellar feedback' can influence the inflows and outflows of gas in a galaxy which either supports or negates star formation.Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
-
But according to Freedman, the galaxies’ supernovas seemed to be intrinsically brighter than the ones in farther galaxies.Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
Noun
-
Measurements of distances to quasars based on radio-interferometric techniques, for instance, are advancing, and there are prospects for using fluctuations in galaxy-surface brightness.Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
-
Or at least a lot like quasars from more recent periods in the Universe's history.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Noun
-
Meanwhile, the week ends with an opportunity to observe a super-slim crescent moon, re-emerging from the sun's glare, alongside the red supergiant star Antares after sunset.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
-
Betelgeuse Known as the celestial hunter Orion’s shoulder, the red supergiant Betelgeuse is one of the most recognizable stars in the sky.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
-
Do not conscript them into your game of high-speed moving variables.James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
-
The 2020 election showed that there were aspects of Trump’s support that could not be fully accounted for with the demographic variables that pollsters had come to rely on.Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
For example, Oracle recently chose AMD’s accelerated computing chips to power its latest supercluster for high-intensity AI workloads, after testing showed AMD’s GPUs delivered low latency and strong performance at a competitive price.Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
-
Clusters can clump up in the cosmos to form clusters of clusters, called superclusters.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2024
Noun
-
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
Noun
-
Scientists are hoping to study the nova to discover what happens when the material is blasted from the white dwarf and distributed into neighboring galaxies, Boyd said.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
-
Such white dwarf stars are the hot, glowing stellar cores left behind when dying sunlike stars blow off their outer layers.Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
An eye-opening new Hubble image shows the binary star system R Aquarii having a cosmic freakout.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
-
There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data.Big Think, Big Think, 24 June 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near pulsar
Cite this Entry
“Pulsar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsar. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share