dark star
An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination…An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles).
» As the night grew darker and the stars began to appear, Joseph lit a fire.
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3 sensesAn extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles).
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, star.
(obsolete)A black hole: star so massive that its escape velocity is above the speed of light, making the star dark, as no light can escape.
Examples
1 sentencesAs the night grew darker and the stars began to appear, Joseph lit a fire.
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plural: dark stars| Singular | dark star |
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