circumstellar

American  

[sur-kuhm-stel-er] / ˌsɜr kəmˈstɛl ər /

adjective

1. surrounding a star.

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Etymology

Origin of circumstellar

First recorded in 1950–55; circum- + stellar

Example Sentences

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, the team obtained images from such a nascent planetary system -- also known as a circumstellar disk -- in the process of actively dispersing its gas into surrounding space.

From Science Daily

The dust in the circumstellar material is too cool to be detected directly at near-infrared wavelengths, but lights up in the mid-infrared.

From Science Daily

The technique is especially sensitive to planets orbiting far from their stars—a circumstellar region that remains scarcely probed by other planet-hunting methods.

From Scientific American

Teams of astronomers were able to detect that circumstellar material for 2023ixf as the supernova expanded outward and crashed into it, producing a discernible shockwave.

From Scientific American

Protostars are often surrounded by circumstellar disks, vast ring-shaped accumulations of gas and dust that will eventually coalesce into planets and moons when the solar system reaches a later stage of evolution.

From Salon