supergiant star
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supergiant star
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The study, published in Nature Astronomy, focused on Cygnus X-1, a well-known system that includes the first confirmed black hole and a massive supergiant star.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
Betelgeuse, the red supergiant star easily recognizable as the right “shoulder” of the constellation Orion, had suddenly and mysteriously dimmed by more than a factor of two.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2022
The previous record-holder, Icarus, also a blue supergiant star spotted by Hubble, formed 9.4 billion years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
“Still, more supernovae are expected to take place in the near future, like Antares, a red supergiant star near the edge of the bubble that could go any century now,” Dr. Alves said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
The cool supergiant star Antares can be seen as a big, reddish patch in the lower-left part of the picture.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
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