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constellation

[kon-stuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkɒn stəˈleɪ ʃən /




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We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but their path seems to trace back to the constellation Perseus, which rises in the north east and climbs higher during the night.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

So yes: The Rams are a constellation of stars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

It is located in the constellation Aquila near Altair, one of the well-known stars that forms the Summer Triangle.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

“For ten points, Sunny Brook, what constellation has an asterism made up of Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka?”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Starship's enormous payload capacity and planned rapid reuse make it well suited for ambitious projects such as lunar bases, Mars missions, and massive satellite constellations.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

“It pretty radically decreases the cost of building out these giant satellite constellations that China has made very clear that it wants to build out,” Bresnick said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived. As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated,” Huang said at the time.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

“The constellations are mostly demigods,” I point out.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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