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halo

noun as in ring of light

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As a result, the model naturally explains why stars in a galaxy's outer regions move faster than expected without invoking unseen dark matter halos.

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“That level of care is what will create a halo effect for our entire brand.”

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Conditions a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, within dense regions called dark matter halos, appear to have been ideal for forming such stars.

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Whatever costs—in time, money and potentially even personal liberty—these legal actions bring may be more than offset by the halo of martyrdom conferred on the defendant.

Stretching several thousand kilometers across, it forms as sunlight warms the comet, releasing gas and dust that collect into a hazy halo around the core.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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