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supernova

[soo-per-noh-vuh] / ˌsu pərˈnoʊ və /
NOUN
black hole
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The star director’s latest outerspace-encounter story, starring Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor, offers barely a flash of the filmmaker’s usual supernova brilliance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The star director’s latest outerspace-encounter story, starring Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor, offers barely a flash of the filmmaker’s usual supernova brilliance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

By studying Antarctic ice that formed tens of thousands of years ago, researchers detected traces of iron-60, a rare radioactive form of iron created during supernova explosions.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The supernova data imply that the universe is getting bigger and bigger, faster and faster.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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