Sentences with phrase «giant star is»

Abstract: From its surface properties it can be difficult to determine whether a red - giant star is in its helium - core - burning phase or only burning hydrogen in a shell around an inert helium core.

The gravity, and hence the pressure, on the surface of a giant star is much lower than for a dwarf star because the radius of the giant is much greater than a dwarf of similar mass.

Gal - Yam thinks the conditions in the host galaxy could be like those in the early universe, when theory says such giant stars were born and died in great numbers, seeding the universe with heavy elements.

This research was presented in a paper, «Unexpectedly large mass loss during the thermal pulse cycle of the red giant star R Sculptoris», by Maercker et al. to appear in the journal Nature.

Yet, the full star formation and enrichment history of a galaxy can be traced directly only if two key observables can be determined... ▽ More Red giant stars are perhaps the most important type of stars for Galactic and extra-galactic archaeology: they are luminous, occur in all stellar populations, and their surface temperatures allow precise abundance determinations for many different chemical elements.

Abstract: Determining the ages of red - giant stars is a key problem in stellar astrophysics.

The effects of effective temperature and metallicity on asteroseismic determinations of surface gravities for giant stars are also discussed.

What we present here is an highly autonomous way of determ... ▽ More Determining the ages of red - giant stars is a key problem in stellar astrophysics.

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U.S. drug giant Merck is paying $ 300 million in a deal possibly worth more than $ 5 billion to partner Eisai in an effort to boost its star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda, which could match up well in a combination with Eisai's Lenvima.

But it seems that she has her eye on something much larger than just being a TV star: Dunham just signed a deal with Hearst Media that will give the publishing giant the rights to distribute and monetize her popular email newsletter, The Lenny Letter.

What's not too like about him starring in a movie with giant animals fighting and destroying a city, right?

They're both giant planets, and they both orbit extremely close to their host stars — so close that it only takes them about five days to complete a full orbit.

Previously, the Giants had indicated they would be open to trading their star receiver, albeit at a very steep price of two first - round draft picks.

Until then, while the star is still technically on our side, we'll have to worry about giant storms of charged particles that it burps off its roiling, plasmatic surface.

Hiring the star Google exec sent a strong message that the ailing internet giant was determined to get back on top.

Merck's cancer immunotherapy Keytruda is one of the pharma giant's rising stars, especially in the wake of evidence that the therapy had a survival benefit over standard chemotherapy in advanced lung cancer patients.

Star clusters are made up of giant circular clouds of old stars, some around 12 billion years old (the universe itself is 14.8 billion years old), that clump together due to gravity, and are found circling cores of galaxies.

Also in the picture are amber - glowing red giants, stars that have used up all their fuel and have swollen up to a massive size.

The streaming giant is also pouring money into developing its own unscripted or «reality TV» shows, including one called Ultimate Beastmaster, which is produced by and stars actor Sylvester Stallone.

The tech giants are fighting over whether a star self - driving car engineer, Anthony Levandowski, stole and used a Google technology at Uber.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

One demo Magic Leap gives to potential employees and partners is «Star Wars» - themed — the user is placed on Hoth, the ice planet, among giant AT - AT robots.

Starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, this dystopian thriller was an attempt for Bay to expand his storytelling beyond giant machines and explosions.

It's not hard to imagine James potentially running the international businesses that come with the deal: Satellite service Sky and Indian media giant Star.

This week news broke that the ticket giant had entered into an arrangement with the Jays that gives the team a cut of every ticket resold on the site.According to a joint investigation by the CBC and Toronto Star, an estimated 44.7 % of all Rogers Centre seats are posted on StubHub for resale at an average markup of 205 %.

US television news giant NBC came under growing pressure Friday to take tougher action against sexual harassment after another former star was accused of inappropriate conduct by former colleagues.

(On a side note, how is it that obvious toads like Battleship, John Carter, Jack the Giant Slayer and the three dozen other fairy tale reboots get greenlit without half - trying, while a beloved series attached to a major star with a massive fan base has to raise their own money?

Ya'll are all like, «heat death» and «red giant / main sequence stars» and «99 % of species go extinct» So it is not my speculation, it's totes yours.

That's an easy one, Garlak, a giant invisible galactic sized worm digests dark matter and poops out star dust.

Astronomy is beginning to detect and classify a life of the stars, red, blue and white, giant, middle - sized and dwarf; each type, in its dimensions, particular radiations and brilliance, being subject to a given evolutionary cycle.

First, it is absolutely certain that the earth will be obliterated in about 5 billion years, when the sun becomes a red giant star.

There's no difference if there was a super giant star in the centre of the galaxy gravitationally speaking, a black hole's gravitational pull is proportional to its mass, which is estimated at around 4 million solar masses.

In the matter of surface - temperature, if the Sun and the majority of stars are round about 6,000 ˚ Centigrade (three times the temperature of an electric arc) there are some of 11,000 ˚ (Sirius) and even of 23,000 ˚; and on the other hand there are some as low as 3,500 ˚ (the red giants).

Whether giants, medium - sized or dwarfs, the stars are curiously similar in mass (from one to ten times the mass of the sun), which proves, incidentally, that they must vary prodigiously in their mean density — 1.4 in the case of the Sun, but 50,000 and even 300,000 in the case of the dwarf stars (a fragment the size of a pinch of snuff, brought from one of these to Earth, would weigh a ton!)

Instead of the coo - coo info that Earth sits on pillars and has a dome above it, maybe something like: «The Earth is a tiny round pebble in space and it orbits a giant sun / star, which provides it with energy and light.»

The best reaction was from Warriors star Draymond Green, who was caught on camera gaping at Fergie before glancing to the side and cracking a giant grin.

The second part of my lunch was a giant grilled chicken salad — the star though was the Thai Peanut Sauce I got from Cory.

This week I am reading on the back deck overlooking the foothills and coastal mountain range, I am hiking among the giant redwoods, and I am sitting on the front deck in the evening looking at the stars, all the while continuing to eat green soup.

Inspired by the giant sapphire of the same name, Star of Bombay is an exceptionally smooth premium gin.

However, as reported by The Daily Star, there is continued talk that a January bid will be submitted, and while it seems as though the 25 - year - old is still the priority for the Catalan giants, reports in Spain claim that there are alternatives on Barcelona's shortlist.

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MLS All - Stars will be looking to prove themselves against English and European giants Arsenal on Friday.

Unfortunately for him and the Merseyside giants, the speculation over his future seemingly refuses to go away, but this latest development could surely work to their advantage if there is indeed a three - way scrap for their star man's signature.

The Borussia Dortmund star is in demand, and has been linked with a move to EPL quartet Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as the Catalan giants.

The La Liga giants have been tipped to move for the Belgian international in the summer, with reports suggesting that they will look to sign the winger should they allow Gareth Bale to depart the Santiago Bernabeu and coach Zinedine Zidane has already expressed his admiration for the Blues star.

Only a day ago, reports in the Daily Star stated that a # 22.1 million deal had been reached with Manchester United over the transfer of De Gea — and it could be soon that the Spaniard returns to his homeland, particularly now that HLN report that the Spanish giants will not meet the figure Chelsea want for Courtois.

43 (and counting)-- Lionel Messi has unsurprisingly been the star of the show again this season for the Catalan giants, netting an amazing 43 goals in La Liga, though Cristiano Ronaldo will still remind you he is behind him in the race for the Spanish Golden Boot!

Lyon boast an academy with the second highest success - rate behind Spanish giants Barcelona in Europe [via Yahoo], and it's no wonder another of their young stars is attracting interest from England's top flight.

The Brazilian playmaker has been heavily linked with the Catalan giants for months, as they evidently see him as an ideal addition to their star - studded squad.

The New York Giants and star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may be headed for a divorce sooner rather than a later.