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supernova

[soo-per-noh-vuh] / ˌsu pərˈnoʊ və /
NOUN
black hole
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After studying years of data, an international research team found strong evidence that a rare superluminous supernova was energized by an extremely magnetic neutron star formed during the star's collapse.

From Science Daily • May 27, 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

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

"Everybody was intensely trying to observe and analyze it, but then it started to look more like a supernova, and some astronomers lost interest. Not us."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The core implodes violently, the exterior rebounds and a supernova explosion results.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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