NGC 253 is known as a starburst galaxy, after its very intense star formation activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Universe Today] Reference

These superwinds are common in so called starburst galaxies, like for example the nearby M82.    From Wordnik.com.  [Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe | Universe Today] Reference

I like that little "starburst" of light near the head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mei Long, Part 2] Reference

Deposits are fragmented and wired to hundreds of banks the world over ( "starburst").    From Wordnik.com.  [Hawala, or the Bank that Never Was] Reference

In this one, she has switched on the "starburst" option or something but the effect is quite good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

Let's just remember her "starburst" when we begin to feel like "has beens", used up, and out of ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Boyle, the Newest Voice of Generation Jones] Reference

Anonymous, I DO think that is a sweet "starburst" on those posters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Be A Design Group] Reference

Two so-called "starburst" galaxies, plus a satellite of our own Milky Way galaxy.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kokomo school welcomes sled dog to hallways] Reference

• Optional "starburst" recording on mouse click, customized for size, color and duration.    From Wordnik.com.  [2BakSa.Net] Reference

In the past, there were many more so-called 'starburst' galaxies forming stars at 10-15 times the rate we see in the Milky Way today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com] Reference

To die and be reborn in that starburst of primitive pleasure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ideal Bride]

COOPER: See, if I reveal any of my chest, it's like a starburst.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2009] Reference

The only decoration on the jar's side was a starburst in white paint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

And if you looked closely enough, there was a little starburst in his eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palin To Skip The Sunday Shows This Weekend] Reference

In a hetero way of saying "all man," not like the starburst on the "All man!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Davis Sweet: White House: Gay Menace Heads its Ugly Rear] Reference

An instant later a starburst appeared near the trailing edge of the alien ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

She closed her eyes only to be startled by a starburst of light behind her lids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thief Of Hearts]

The blue gradient fills and radiant starburst backdrops look pretty familiar, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another victory for Gotham] Reference

Around his neck he wore a chain of office, from which depended a jeweled starburst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphans of Chaos] Reference

The dark starburst patterns that you see on the ground are impact craters of prior strikes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2001] Reference

See the "starburst cluster" below, then see more of NASA's most extraordinary star images ever.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Explosive' Star Cluster Resembles Spectacular Fireworks Display (PHOTO)] Reference

His face was turned down so that the overhead light made a starburst pattern on his balding scalp.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 6th Target]

Dean Steinhoff says the faculty aren't crazy about my "little starburst of prep school iconoclasm.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mavericks of the Workplace] Reference

Simultaneously from every point emerged a starburst of lines, each one a fine, golden strand of light.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference

Adele lookedaway, her mouth pinched so tight the tiny creases around her lips radiated like a starburst.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Baby For Emily]

In a galaxy far, far away, the final frontier really, it's a picture of the starburst galaxy, messier 82.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2006] Reference

A sock-em floor-length gown with a muted starburst print, graphic T-shirts, and totes are also available.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diane von Furstenberg: Comic Book Writer: Christopher Barnard] Reference

Like a starburst skyrocket the dots spread apart; and then, to his surprise, they began to coalesce again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warhorse]

Then I had this starburst-like candy, except in the starburst were these little rubber chunks of faux-fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference

I imagined a starburst of flame exploding in the air and each of the pumps bursting and spewing fire like soda cans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thieves] Reference

The fracture is like a starburst, with a neat triangle of glass that fell out lying on the countertop, black as night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ways of Seeing] Reference

The result, in combination with her usual weaving patterns, was a mat with a subtle but distinctive starburst pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mammoth Hunters]

One of the parked cars had a shattered back window, the hole at the center of the starburst of cracks ominously large.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gage Butler's Reckoning]