brightness
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The explanation still had to account for the object's extraordinary brightness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
People viewing a partial eclipse can see the brightness of the Sun decrease and feel the temperature drop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo captured Gerda’s brightness and complexity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fessler said Shields moved through the world with brightness and spontaneity in a constant journey of self-development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
I’ve seen flashes of this August before—this brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit—but I know what he’s capable of, and I won’t forget it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Using data from the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope, the researchers collected brightnesses for millions of stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the closest galaxies to Earth.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
This, they said, was consistent with quasars of different "brightnesses," meaning with varying strength to their radio emissions.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
‘Pray,’ they said, and I laughed, covering myself in the earth’s brightnesses, and then stole off gray into the midst of a revel, and prayed like an orphan.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Besides dramatically boosting the total number of known FRB events, the observations also revealed a very wide range of brightnesses among the recorded events, offering new clues about the astrophysical nature of their mysterious source.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2021
I look at the moons one more time, the smaller one chasing the larger one, two brightnesses up there, still light enough to cast shadows, ignorant of the troubles of men.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing brightness
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Physics - Middle School
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