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“The Brazil of bossa nova and samba, the Brazil that so many foreigners know and that Lula grew up with, has now been almost totally replaced,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The project, released just before Coachella, blended a diverse range of rhythms such as pop, Brazilian funk, R&B and bossa nova -- a mix that, for Sonza, is the essence of Brazil.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

Pair the bagels with hand sliced nova salmon, cream cheese, and a slice of tomato for a true feast.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Although astronomers have not observed any nova events in this system in recent history, such outbursts often recur every few thousand years.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025

But in the cases of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 the data necessitated the phenomenon, and the phenomenon falsified the established theory.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The researchers estimate that the rate of ONe novae peaked around 8 billion years ago, meaning that phosphorus would have been readily available when the Solar System started to form around 4.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

There is not yet enough observational data for chlorine to confirm this and it provides a testable hypothesis to check the validity of the ONe novae model.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

Some even linked this possibility with novae observed in the sky — sudden bursts of light that dazzle the midnight firmament.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

"I was looking for a much more common type of outburst called novae."

From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023

Proper naked-eye observations of novae and comets could produce results incompatible with celestial-sphere astronomy, but these results were irrelevant to planetary predictions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

There are more than 400 known novas in the Milky Way galaxy.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

The Zwicky Transient Facility scans the sky for stars that rapidly change in brightness, which could be events such as novas.

From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023

There’s so much music in Berlin’s stories, from the “Cielito Lindo” guitar players of her youth to her own music: Buddy Holly, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, the bossa novas of Astrud Gilberto.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2018

In the 1980s, Shara had predicted that novas, novalike systems and dwarf novas were the same stars in different stages of an eruption cycle.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2017

Arguments over the location of novas and comets in the heavens thus continued even after 1610, after which date the traditional Ptolemaic system was abandoned by all competent participants.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton