blue giant

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.

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blue giant

It’s located about 1,000 light years from Earth and it’s visible thanks to the ionization of gases by the blue giant star Persei.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024

Those stars shed hydrogen into the space around them as they became a blue giant tens of thousands of years before the supernova.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

This blue giant star lies 97 light-years from Earth and shines 200 times brighter than our sun.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023

Voiced by Waititi, who also directed the Marvel movie, Korg is a gentle blue giant who pokes fun at Thor’s special hammer and loves a good dad joke.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017

“You think I’d leave my team behind? After surviving Fleecy’s wheat germ, running from cannibals, and hiding under blue giant butts in Alaska? Come on!”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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