neutron star

noun

Definition of neutron starnext
as in binary star

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Recent Examples of neutron star With their extremely strong magnetic fields, these neutron stars – small, dense collapsed cores of supergiant stars – are capable of producing the powerful bursts of energy that have been observed for years. — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025 That has led to a focus on compact objects, like neutron stars and black holes—especially a class of neutron stars called magnetars—as likely sources. — Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025 Scientists have long theorized neutron stars, ultradense core remnants left behind after massive stars explode, as origins of fast radio bursts. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025 This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun Astronomers hypothesize that the FRBs could be originating from two supernova remnants, called neutron stars, that are merging or collapsing onto themselves, Shah said. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for neutron star
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutron star
  1. binary star
  2. red star
  3. variable star
  4. white dwarf
  5. giant star
  6. variable
  7. supernova
  8. brown dwarf
Noun
  • Hypervelocity stars are thought to be created when a binary star system gets too close to a supermassive black hole.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This nova is especially exciting because the white dwarf star on which it is found exists in a particularly unusual binary star system.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of binary star
Noun
  • 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
  • Reports of earthquake felt away from source (red star) on February 14, 2025.
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of red star
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of variable star
Noun
  • But further observations of this and other white dwarf stars would be needed to clarify the conundrum.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Type Ia supernova explosions spur the destruction of white dwarf stars that have accreted too much mass.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of white dwarf
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of giant star
Noun
  • Avalanche terrain is a world of numerous variables, contradictions, and compounding human error.
    — Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Traditional retirement planning doesn’t account for all these variables.
    — Ty Bernicke, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of variable
Noun
  • In fact, type Ia supernovas were integral to the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, the genesis of dark energy, back in 1998.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That means that this dataset of nearby supernovas is several times larger than previous similar samples.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of supernova
Noun
  • Thus, if free-floating planetary mass objects are indeed brown dwarfs, the sheer number of them seen as binary systems is difficult to explain.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In contrast, stars, including brown dwarfs, form on their own within giant collapsing clouds of gas.
    — ByAdam Mann, science.org, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of brown dwarf

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