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The distinction may also help explain why some of the disks fluctuate more dramatically in infrared brightness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

To determine their intrinsic brightness, astronomers use other standard candles, such as Cepheid stars, in the galaxies nearby.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

But their unrelieved brightness and utter lack of texture have the bland flatness of plastic, and render them lifeless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I use the zest of a whole lemon rather than its juice — lots of brightness, no unnecessary liquid — plus dried thyme, garlic, onion and enough black pepper to make itself known.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

The sun was high in the clear sky, and I had to squint my eyes tight against the brightness.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Using data from the Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope, the researchers collected brightnesses for millions of stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the closest galaxies to Earth.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023

This, they said, was consistent with quasars of different "brightnesses," meaning with varying strength to their radio emissions.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

‘Pray,’ they said, and I laughed, covering myself in the earth’s brightnesses, and then stole off gray into the midst of a revel, and prayed like an orphan.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Besides dramatically boosting the total number of known FRB events, the observations also revealed a very wide range of brightnesses among the recorded events, offering new clues about the astrophysical nature of their mysterious source.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2021

I look at the moons one more time, the smaller one chasing the larger one, two brightnesses up there, still light enough to cast shadows, ignorant of the troubles of men.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness