This question has long been a subject of intense astrophysical debate, particularly in relation to the stellar composition of individual galaxies.
The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Caleb Scharf|August 19, 2020|Nautilus
An optical telescope planned for construction on a 15-meter tower at Kunlun could take advantage of Dome A’s stellar views above the boundary layer, Ma says.
An Antarctic ice dome may offer the world’s clearest views of the night sky|Maria Temming|July 29, 2020|Science News
Each stellar tail stretches hundreds of light-years and dwarfs the cluster itself, which is about 65 light-years across.
The star cluster closest to Earth is in its death throes|Ken Croswell|July 24, 2020|Science News
The study also doesn’t explain certain heavy elements found in meteorites, which are thought to come from a nearby supernova and so could require the sun come from a long-lived stellar family.
Pinning down the sun’s birthplace just got more complicated|Lisa Grossman|July 20, 2020|Science News
Two major gold loan financiers—Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance—reported stellar results in the March quarter.
Gold financiers are a bright spot in India’s crisis-hit financial sector|Prathamesh Mulye|July 7, 2020|Quartz
But it might, when we look back at the stellar performances young Hollywood produced this year, end up being ridiculous.
Why Does Oscar Hate Young Men?|Kevin Fallon|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oh does she deserve this nomination, and maybe even this award with her stellar aftermath-of-Will grief work.
What's TV's Best Drama? 'True Detective,' 'Game of Thrones,' and Our Emmy Predictions|Kevin Fallon|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition to her stellar body of work, she will always be remembered for being the no-nonsense half of Bogie and Bacall.
Bogie & Bacall: A Hollywood Romance for the Ages|Marlow Stern|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps thanks to the surf and turf and the stellar Bordeaux and Sauvignon Blanc, there were no lost tempers.
Up To A Point: My Problem With People Who Agree With Me|P. J. O’Rourke|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No wonder whistleblowers are routinely slandered as being mentally unstable (stellar accomplishments notwithstanding).
Crime Fighter’s Dilemma: My Country or My Family?|Moral Courage|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence filling a telescope tube with water cannot modify the observed amount of stellar aberration.
The Ether of Space|Oliver Lodge
Among the stars there exists an indefinite range of stellar magnitudes.
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'|Thomas Orchard
There was thrilling glory in the purple south, and a sense of the ineffable majesty of stellar management.
She Buildeth Her House|Will Comfort
Yet it reminded him too well of her superior attitude towards the rubes from the stellar sticks.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Soon enough Jeanne was to know this, for, little as she had dreamed it, hers on that occasion was to be the stellar role.
The Magic Curtain|Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for stellar
stellar
/ (ˈstɛlə) /
adjective
of, relating to, involving, or resembling a star or stars
of or relating to star entertainers
informaloutstanding or immensecompanies are registering stellar profits
Word Origin for stellar
C17: from Late Latin stellāris, from Latin stella star