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strange star

American  
[straynj stahr] / ˈstreɪndʒ ˈstɑr /

noun

  • strange stars
    plural
  1. Astronomy. a quark star composed of strange matter.


strange star Scientific  

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A team of astronomers from Japan and China discovered a strange star floating at the edge of our Milky Way galaxy.

From Space Scoop Jul. 5, 2023

In other words, whether or not it's a de facto "strange star" made of strange quarks, this star is extremely strange — in the colloquial, non-quark sense of the word.

From Salon Oct. 27, 2022

Such an object has been dubbed, appropriately, a "strange star."

From Salon Oct. 27, 2022

After the surgery, her hearing didn’t change, but the strange star bursts completely disappeared.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2022

They read the heavens and they saw a certain strange star by which they knew that in a distant land the King of the World was to be born.

From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton

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