star system
nounDefinition of star system
: the practice of casting famous performers in principal roles (as in motion pictures or the theater) especially in order to capitalize on their popular appeal
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The other two known planets in the star system, GJ 357 b and GJ 357 c, are not thought to be habitable because surface temperatures on the two worlds would be scorching. — Denise Chow, NBC News, "Potentially habitable 'super-Earth' discovered just 31 light-years away," 31 July 2019 The ultraviolet image reveals a new look at the star system, revealing the magnesium gas in a way that could be used to study other stars or nebulae. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Hubble spies slow-motion fireworks in space," 1 July 2019 Chemical rockets and electrical engines will never propel spacecraft fast enough to reach other star systems in reasonable time frames. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, "The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion," 29 July 2019 Isella and his fellow researchers have searched for young star systems in order to find planets that are still forming the remaining disks. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Astronomers make the first observations of a 'moon-forming' disk around a distant planet," 12 July 2019 Their long-term goal is to target a million star systems — exceeding by hundreds of times the total number of targets scrutinized by SETI since the birth of the field 60 years ago. — Seth Shostak, NBC News, "Search for space aliens comes up empty, but extraterrestrial life could still be out there," 26 June 2019 One of the last vestiges of the star system, Tate didn't have control over her day-to-day schedule or her career's direction. — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "Everything You Need To Know About Sharon Tate's Life — Not Death," 25 July 2019 Other discoveries credited to those sites over the years include the first images of exoplanets and the detection of 'Oumuamua, the first object from interstellar space, which turned out to be a comet from a distant star system. — Audrey Mcavoy, Anchorage Daily News, "Giant Hawaii telescope will dive into the big unknowns of the universe," 19 July 2019 Other discoveries credited to those sites over the years include the first images of exoplanets and helping identify ‘Oumuamua, the first object from interstellar space, which turned out to be a comet from a distant star system. — Washington Post, "Giant Hawaii telescope to focus on big unknowns of universe," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'star system.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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