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Virgo

[vur-goh] / ˈvɜr goʊ /


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M88 is part of the Virgo Cluster, a vast collection of more than a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

The signs attributed to each profile were Virgo, Leo, and Libra.

From Slate May 5, 2026

The Virgo deployment is capable of linking 134,000 chips.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Even if they would, they’d have requests or changes, but I’m impatient and a Virgo.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

In the lifetime of the universe there has apparently not been enough time for an initial gravitational nonuniformity to collect the amount of mass that seems to reside in the Virgo supercluster.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

On cue, Jackson began listing all the Virgos in his life, including his mom, his brother, his best friend and his grandma.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2023

And so it’s not so much who I am, but I love being able to lean on all those facts about Virgos.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2023

As Fallon and Palmer — both Virgos — riffed on astrology, Fallon asked about the sign of her child.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

Conversations about planetary transits and memes about what Virgos may be apt to do when presented with conflict are everywhere on Instagram and Twitter.

From The Verge Oct. 4, 2019

But now there’s more room for … uh, posts about Virgos, I guess.

From The Verge Dec. 4, 2018

The weaker “Lamentatio Virginis in Depositione” by Alessandro Della Ciaia foundered a bit in its long verses, as the soprano soloist’s intonation sagged slightly, but the double-chorus of angels kept things exciting.

From Washington Post

It was the telltale signature of the object orbiting around 70 Virginis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The planet around 70 Virginis is also problematic: its orbit is egg-shaped rather than circular, which suggests to some astronomers that it formed more like a star than like a planet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The magnetic field of remote 78 Virginis just about proved what theorizing had already predicted: it was closely proportionate to the magnetic fields of the earth and sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Orbits of the Components of γ Virginis 189 5.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard




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