supermassive star

[ soo-per-mas-iv, soo- ]

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noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of supermassive star¹

super- + massive

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Example Sentences

These mysterious space objects were first thought to be signs of young, supermassive stars.

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The celestial specks mark the birthplaces of many kinds of stars with a wide range of masses, rather than single supermassive stars, researchers report April 13 in the Astrophysical Journal.

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