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magnetic star
noun
- a star having a strong magnetic field.
Word History and Origins
Origin of magnetic star1
Example Sentences
"The two inner stars merged in a violent manner, creating a magnetic star and throwing out some material, which created the nebula. The more distant star formed a new orbit with the newly merged, now-magnetic star, creating the binary we see today at the centre of the nebula."
In the Sextans constellation 4,500 light-years away, a dead, magnetic star rotates 592 times in a second, emanating electromagnetic beams like an oscillating lighthouse out into the universe.
For the first time, at least one clear line of observable, evidence-based theory can be drawn from supernova to monster magnetar — with an entirely new type of ultrahigh magnetic star in between which, as Shenar said, has "been hiding in plain sight all along."
Now researchers may have pinned down one possible pathway to a magnetar by finding an unusually massive and magnetic star that might be on the cusp of forming one of these enigmatic objects.
But this new chapter is about much more than how the industry perceives Kalukango, whose performance as Kaneisha earned her a Tony nomination and a reputation for a magnetic star quality, as the director of “Paradise Square,” Moisés Kaufman, put it.
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