supercluster

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Recent Examples of supercluster Venice features a radical redesign with up to 512 threads per package, specifically optimized for the orchestration layers of AI superclusters. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026 The project timeline The supercomputer’s construction was kicked off after xAI acquired a 1M sq ft warehouse in Memphis, along with adjacent land, forming the physical footprint for the next phase of the supercluster. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026 The companies aim to power Meta's Prometheus supercluster computing system. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026 In the early 2010s, Courtois was part of the team that discovered and described the Laniakea supercluster of galaxies to which our Milky Way belongs. Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supercluster
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Noun
  • The observations revealed that the turbulence is driven by energy released from the quasar, with its effects reaching distances of about 300,000 light-years from the black hole, the study notes.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The team spotted the distant quasar, an actively feeding supermassive black hole, using observations from the Subaru Telescope.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There are a few ways these stars can get kicked up to these speeds, but one is to orbit a star that goes supernova.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These outflows, scientists say, inject an amount of energy comparable to several billion supernova explosions, driving turbulence through hot gas across distances of roughly 300,000 light-years —far beyond the boundaries of the host galaxy itself.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The pulsar ties back to early research on the phenomenon, which had scientists wondering if their signals were signs of alien life.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The team found that the magnetic field runs parallel to a remarkably long filament extending away from the pulsar, confirming that high-energy particles are streaming along magnetic field lines.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • May's full Blue Moon put on a dazzling display over the weekend, flooding the night sky with moonlight as the red supergiant star Antares glowed nearby.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • Located 7,200 light-years away, Cygnus X-1 features not only a black hole — the first one ever identified more than a half-century ago — but a blue supergiant star, its constant companion.
    Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Even though novas are exceptionally bright, supernovas are brighter—reaching billions of times brighter than the sun at their peak.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • In the past, the field of experimental science was a slow endeavor as scientists were limited to changing one variable at a time before recording an experiment’s results.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Input any value for this variable, and the equation gives you an infinite sum that adds up to another number—its output.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
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
Noun
  • 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
  • This oxygen-rich remnant is a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dying star.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Supercluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercluster. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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