Cetus
Americannoun
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Ceti
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cetus
From Latin; see origin at cet-
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Meet J0107a, an 11.2 billion-year-old monster galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 5, 2025
As the story goes, he saved Princess Andromeda from Cetus the whale, while carrying Medusa’s head, all of which appears in the stars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
The replication of minute DNA material has become a signature breakthrough thanks to the dedicated scientists of a little-known corporation called Cetus.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2019
He left Cetus in 1986 to work at the biotechnology company Xytronyx in San Diego and worked as a freelance consultant thereafter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
In the head of Cetus are two Stars of the fourth Magnitude, called ν and ξ by Bayer: in the end of the year 1689 their Longitudes were .
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir
The script’s two mysteries — why is Tau Ceti safe and why is Grace not — intertwine in flashbacks that are interesting enough for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The closest naked-eye star known to have planets is Tau Ceti, a mere 11.9 light-years from our world.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023
Instead of imprisoning her, Khan, and the other Augments, he exiles them to live out their days on the technology-free planet Ceti Alpha V.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
He picked YZ Ceti b, which is slightly smaller than Earth and orbits a red dwarf located 12 light years away, making it tantalizingly close for further study.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
Our first survey ships to Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s Star, Sirius and Tau Ceti would have returned long ago.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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