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Recent Examples of variable star
Photograph: Alamy Hubble in turn wrote up his variable star measurements and convinced everyone that Andromeda was indeed a separate galaxy.
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WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
So a variable star is one that changes its brightness over time in a regular cycle.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2023
The variable star usually cycles from dim to bright over some 420 days, so astronomers say there’s still more to the mystery.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
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WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
So a variable star is one that changes its brightness over time in a regular cycle.
—Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2023
The variable star usually cycles from dim to bright over some 420 days, so astronomers say there’s still more to the mystery.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variable star
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The collisions of compact astrophysical objects such as black holes and neutron stars emit strong gravitational waves.Gaurav Khanna, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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The most obvious candidate, the team says, is a pulsar – a type of neutron star that produces beams of electromagnetic radiation from its poles.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 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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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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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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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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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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“Variable star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variable%20star. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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