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stellar evolution

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noun

  1. astronomy the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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While the discovery provides an important reference point for understanding stellar evolution in the early universe, it also raises new questions about why these explosions appear so uniform.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

Since its launch in 1999, it has explored galactic cores, studied stellar evolution, investigated regions around black holes, and observed bursts of intense radiation from distant stars and galaxies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

Neutron stars are the closing phase of stellar evolution, the “last stop” that dying massive stars can reach if they aren’t sufficiently hefty to collapse further to form a black hole.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

Initial science goals include probing galaxy formation evolution and stellar evolution, and hunting for exoplanets.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2022

Perhaps our descendants will be able to control or moderate stellar evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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