giant star

noun

Definition of giant starnext
as in red star

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Recent Examples of giant star However, in the nearby Andromeda galaxy, a giant star seems to have taken a very different path. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026 Together, images like these help astronomers build a broader picture of what's happening across a giant star factory rather than focusing on only one bright hotspot. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Windows into giant stars Tracking Betelgeuse’s behavior and variations can help astronomers better understand other, faint and distant giant stars that are difficult to study, MacLeod said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026 All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for giant star
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant star
  1. red star
  2. neutron star
  3. binary star
  4. variable star
  5. white dwarf
  6. variable
  7. red giant
Noun
  • Its bright red star Antares marks the heart of the scorpion, with a curving tail extending downward toward the horizon.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Betelgeuse has a companion star In 2019, astronomers noticed a strange dimming in the light from Betelgeuse, a bright red star in the Orion constellation.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of red star
Noun
  • Hubble’s images reveal an intricate web of gas and dust spreading outward from the explosion’s center, where a rapidly spinning neutron star remains.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After the explosion, Betelgeuse A will probably leave behind a superdense neutron star with an incredibly strong magnetic field.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of neutron star
Noun
  • The twinkling point of light to the moon's upper left is the binary star system Alpha Virginis, also known as Spica, which shines as the brightest point in the constellation Virgo.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The study has major implications for studying binary star systems as well.
    — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Definition of binary star
Noun
  • This variable star is also located 250 light-years from Earth, but is sadly lost from view in the glare of the sun during the summer months.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 June 2026
  • Mroz counters, however, that none of those cases are actual microlensing events and instead the mere fluctuations of ordinary variable stars.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
Definition of variable star
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the star's inert core contracted and became a white dwarf.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of white dwarf
Noun
  • Cigo captures more than 200 data points per delivery across every stop, route, driver interaction, and capacity variable on the platform.
    — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Technology is the least complicated variable in that equation.
    — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of variable
Noun
  • Then, eventually, the outer layers of that red giant detached and expanded into space to form the Helix Nebula.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • It’s considered a red giant star, nearing the end of its stellar life.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026
Definition of red giant

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