supernova
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Then there’s poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, whose appearance on the show in 2025 was like a supernova.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
This helped researchers rule out competing theories, including the idea that the material came from older supernova explosions that slowly faded over millions of years.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The object at the center of this discovery is a superluminous supernova located about 10 billion light-years away.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
In simple terms, a supernova may have created two newborn neutron stars that quickly merged, producing a second explosion.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
The outer regions of the star may sometimes get blown off in a tremendous explosion called a supernova, which would outshine all the other stars in its galaxy.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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