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Pollux is a single giant star, more than 10 times the diameter of our sun, and shining a little more than 34 light-years away, with one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
And then, critically, the giant star’s core runs out of helium fuel.
—Big Think, 7 Apr. 2025
Pollux is a single giant star, more than 10 times the diameter of our sun, and shining a little more than 34 light-years away, with one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
This nebula, 6,500 light years away from Earth, is a remnant of a supernova in the constellation Taurus – a giant star explosion observed from Earth in 1054 AD, as historical records indicate.
—Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
And then, critically, the giant star’s core runs out of helium fuel.
—Big Think, 7 Apr. 2025
Pollux is a single giant star, more than 10 times the diameter of our sun, and shining a little more than 34 light-years away, with one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
This nebula, 6,500 light years away from Earth, is a remnant of a supernova in the constellation Taurus – a giant star explosion observed from Earth in 1054 AD, as historical records indicate.
—Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant star
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The campaign, which is slated to run locally, nationally and internationally, incorporates the red stars and colors of the Chicago flag, and features scenes of people making doughnuts, running by the lakefront and partying en masse at a live concert.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The lunar disk will appear to close in on Antares as the night of June 9 progresses, with the red star eventually setting above the moon's upper left shoulder as the duo slip beneath the southwestern horizon in the predawn hours of June 10.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 June 2025
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For example, colliding neutron stars can release enormous amounts of energy – and elements such as gold – on their way to forming black holes.—
Stephen L. Levy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2025
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Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars that send out brief radio wave pulses at rapid intervals.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2025
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The discovery means that Betelgeuse is a binary star system.—
Robin George Andrews,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Strange things start to happen as the Enterprise follows the Gorn closer to a binary star system.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
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After weeks, months and years of observations, astronomers will have a time-lapse record revealing anything that explodes, flashes or moves – such as supernovas, variable stars or asteroids.—
Samantha Thompson,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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What’s more, other recent work, including discoveries by other researchers at UC Irvine, have found that tens of billions of white dwarf stars once believed to be non-starters in the search for life might, in fact, generate enough heat to make a planet habitable.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
16 July 2025
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Moreover, real-world scenarios often have too many variables to be modeled precisely, creating gaps between theoretical predictions and actual behavior.—
Ali Faizan Rizvi,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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And all of those variables depend, in turn, on whether Trump decides to temper the policies — as he’s occasionally proved willing to do, especially when financial markets react badly.—
Jonathan Levin,
Twin Cities,
20 July 2025
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That's 83 Ursae Majoris, a red giant star roughly 80 times larger and about 1,300 times more luminous than the sun.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
9 June 2025
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This may become particularly relevant when the proximate red giant star known as Betelgeuse, located around 700 light-years away, goes supernova.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 June 2025
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“Giant star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giant%20star. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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