supermassive star
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supermassive star
Example Sentences
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Instead of breaking apart into many smaller stars, the gas can collapse into a single supermassive star.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
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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