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Recent Examples of neutron star
They are more commonly associated with the collision of two neutron stars, or the merger of a neutron star and a black hole.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
The complete gravitational collapse that results creates either a neutron star or a black hole, and also sends out a blast of energy and high-speed particles that can traverse star systems and entire galaxies in some cases.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 June 2025
For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
These waves may also create detectable radio signals, potentially allowing astronomers to catch two distinct bursts from a single neutron star–black hole collision.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
The complete gravitational collapse that results creates either a neutron star or a black hole, and also sends out a blast of energy and high-speed particles that can traverse star systems and entire galaxies in some cases.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 June 2025
For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
These waves may also create detectable radio signals, potentially allowing astronomers to catch two distinct bursts from a single neutron star–black hole collision.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutron star
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With the quest for longitude over, the observatory explored other avenues of astronomy, such as tracking Earth's magnetic field, viewing planetary transits and characterizing binary star systems.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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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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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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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
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These are binary systems in which one object, a dense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, is stripping material from a companion star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 July 2025
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The system consists of one star and a white dwarf, which is the leftover core of a dead star.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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The most violent of these deaths are associated with truly giant stars and are known as supernovas—explosions that sometimes outshine entire galaxies.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Pollux is a giant star, while Castor is three stars orbiting each other.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Yet many estate plans are written as if these variables will remain constant forever.—
Patti Brennan,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Another variable complicating the federal workers’ case is the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the authority of federal judges to grant universal injunctions.—
Gabriella Fine,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But while supernovas occur only once, a nova can happen again and again.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Among the Rubin Observatory’s many targets, supernovas are perhaps the most scientifically tantalizing.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Examples can be seen as small red patches all across this view of Chamaeleon I. The most recent census of Chamaeleon I, by Penn State University astronomer Kevin Luhman in 2017, found about 50 new stars and brown dwarfs, bringing the total population of Chamaeleon I up to 226 members.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 June 2025
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The new brown dwarfs also exhibit signals from an unidentified hydrocarbon, a chemical compound composed solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutron%20star. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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