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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
A nova happens in a close binary system when a white dwarf, the dense leftover core of a star, pulls gas from a nearby companion.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Pair the bagels with hand sliced nova salmon, cream cheese, and a slice of tomato for a true feast.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
“Oganesson” is constructed around his delicate strummed riff, which recalls the ease of bossa nova, and it has an airiness and jazziness not found elsewhere on the record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
In 1573 he had published a study of the nova which had appeared the previous year.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The theory suggests a type of stellar explosion known as ONe novae as a major source of phosphorus.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
Other elements were formed later, by nuclear reactions inside stars or when stars exploded in events known as novae or supernovae.
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
Infrared data can yield signals of colder material, in contrast to bright visible light signals that often come from novas and other powerful events.
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
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