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- adjective astronomy, of a star Having similar characteristics to those of the
Sun .
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Examples
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As we have yet to even understand why, for example, the outcomes of nebulae produce say many small stars with a few massive ones or just a whole lot of medium solar-type stars.
If the Earth is Rare, We May Not Hear from ET | Universe Today 2010
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The asteroseismic potential of Kepler: first results for solar-type stars
Surf's Up! Astronomers Ride Stellar Waves | Universe Today 2010
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The abundant amount of oxygen and absence of hydrogen indicate that the destroyed star was a white dwarf, the end phase of a solar-type star that has burned its hydrogen leaving a high concentration of oxygen.
Stellar Destruction Could Be from Intermediate Black Hole | Universe Today 2010
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People care not only what you say, but how you vote. now, solving our national energy crisis requires, as I've mentioned an all-of-the-above approach, and that'll require aggressive development of alternative energies like wind, solar-type and bio-fuels.
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More intriguing still, certain structures, such as solar-type stars, depend for their characteristic features on wildly improbable numerical accidents that combine together fundamental constants from distinct branches of physics.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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More intriguing still, certain structures, such as solar-type stars, depend for their characteristic features on wildly improbable numerical accidents that combine together fundamental constants from distinct branches of physics.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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More intriguing still, certain structures, such as solar-type stars, depend for their characteristic features on wildly improbable numerical accidents that combine together fundamental constants from distinct branches of physics.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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More intriguing still, certain structures, such as solar-type stars, depend for their characteristic features on wildly improbable numerical accidents that combine together fundamental constants from distinct branches of physics.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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This is the first debris disk to be resolved in scattered light around a solar-type star.
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Baliunas, S., and R. Jastrow, 1990: Evidence for long-term brightness changes of solar-type stars.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kevin Grandia 2010
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