Phrases with «to accrete»

The star may have «spun up» by accreting material from a binary companion star, according to the scientists involved. (livescience.com)
«There must be another engine, not just the gravitational energy [of accreting matter falling toward the black hole].» (sciencemag.org)
Gas giants like Jupiter grow by accreting gas from spinning disks of gas and dust around a young star. (sciencenews.org)
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