brightness
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It uses objects with known brightness to estimate distances, then compares those distances to how fast galaxies are moving away.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Distinctive features of the Lyrids are their colours and brightness - along with exceptionally bright fireballs from time to time, outshining the planet Venus.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
For brightness, add lemon zest — the aromatic lift without the watery slack.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
These include Cepheid variable stars, which brighten and dim in predictable ways, red giant stars with known brightness, Type Ia supernovae, and certain galaxy types.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 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
Vocabulary lists containing brightness
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Physics - Middle School
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