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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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There’s a sci-fi podcast called “Wolf 359,” about a crew of a space station circling a red dwarf star.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The journey alone - seven to nine months, through intense radiation, and with no possibility of rescue - presents challenges that dwarf anything involved in getting to the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

It allows scientists to explain why the Milky Way shows a gamma-ray signal while dwarf galaxies do not, without discarding the possibility that dark matter is responsible.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

Such losses would dwarf that of virtually any other public company in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Two dwarf warriors clung frantically to Gurgi, who swung them about as if they were rabbits.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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