supermassive star

American

[soo-per-mas-iv, soo-] / ˈsu pərˈmæs ɪv, ˌsu- /

noun

Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.

Etymology

Origin of supermassive star

Example Sentences

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JADES-GS-z14-1 is not resolved, meaning it is consistent with a point source, such as a very distant supermassive star would be.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

The black hole that they had confirmed was Cygnus X-1, a binary star consisting of a supermassive star co-orbiting a black hole.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2019

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