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nova

[noh-vuh] / ˈnoʊ və /
NOUN
variable star that suddenly erupts
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
aster orb


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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

It unexpectedly held onto its outer layers for more than 50 days before releasing them, offering the clearest evidence yet for a delayed expulsion in a nova.

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 team focused on two novae that erupted in 2021 and found that they behaved in strikingly different ways.

From Science Daily Dec. 31, 2025

The findings show that novae can be far more complicated than a single sudden outburst.

From Science Daily Dec. 31, 2025

What if these novae were actually the remnants of technological civilizations like ours, which had in fact discovered the dreaded "detonator" referenced by Rutherford?

From Salon Aug. 12, 2023

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

From Scientific American May 3, 2023

The super-bright novae are called, logically enough, supernovae.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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 was a kind of cosmic rightness: two novas exploding together.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 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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