Sentences with phrase «luminous stars known»
Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and luminous stars known, is tearing itself apart.
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The explosion was a Type Ia supernova, the most luminous variety, which occurred when a small, dense star known as a white dwarf blew up about 7000 light - years from Earth.
It continues through the Cygnus X complex of star formation regions, which includes Cyg OB2, one of the most luminous OB associations known in the local group of galaxies.
If SDSS1133 isn't a black hole, then it must have been a very unusual type of star known as a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV).
«The cluster of stars also harbours a rare, extremely magnetic, neutron star known as a magnetar, but we think the gamma ray emission could be linked to the luminous blue variable star.
Astronomers have known for over 50 years that the periods of these stars precisely predict their total luminous power, which allows their distance to be measured.