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Examples
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She had passed behind my port side, distant but gaining with tremendous speed, stolen from the Wolf-Rayet.
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There was a Wolf-Rayet almost exactly in her path.
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She broke off from that risky close-approach to the Wolf-Rayet.
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The cosmic nursery is teeming with thousands of young, massive suns, including several blue supergiants and three massive Wolf-Rayet stars.
Wired Top Stories 2010
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This sample sale also features apparel from Wolf-Rayet and other designers.
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Artists impression of the black hole and Wolf-Rayet star in NGC 300.
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record | Universe Today 2010
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This sample sale also features apparel from Wolf-Rayet and other designers.
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Subsequent observations with the VLT's FORS2 instrument a visual and near UV FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph confirmed their hunch, but also showed that the black hole and the Wolf–Rayet star circled each other every 32 hours.
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record | Universe Today 2010
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The black hole appears to have a nearby partner, a massive Wolf–Rayet star which likely will become a black hole itself, and the two black holes could merge into an even more massive object.
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record | Universe Today 2010
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Its very simple, but clearly looking at these nebulous objects shows, that as the star converts into a hot Wolf-Rayet WR UV-source, other mechanisms come into play.
Astronomers Find Type Ia Supernova Just Waiting to Happen | Universe Today 2009
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