supernova
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- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˈnoʊvə/
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supernova
- It'll discover things like exploding stars, stars that die and produce supernovae and form things like black holes.
- supernova explosion
- supernova remnant
- star becomes a supernova
On Earth, we then see arcs or multiple images of the supernova, but this isn't all.
- On Earth, we then see arcs or multiple images of the supernova, but this isn't all.
- This was the first time anyone had ever tried to predict a supernova, and for good reason.
- Has humankind ever seen in the night sky a supernova?
- We're all Stardust because all of our complex atoms began in supernovas many billions of years ago.
- Neutron stars are one of the remnants of supernovae.
- But one process that we know can form a black hole is a supernova.
- Once it burns itself out, it goes and it collapses, and that's a supernova.
- Neutron stars form in the making of supernovae of the explosions.
- Just see what how did the very first supernova form?
Examples
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We're all Stardust because all of our complex atoms began in supernovas many billions of years ago.
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The most violent outburst a massive star can have is a supernova explosion, which literally tears the star apart.
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This was the first time anyone had ever tried to predict a supernova, and for good reason.
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And when they die, they explode in a supernova.
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The ring is thought to be the remnant of a supernova explosion.
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The M100 galaxy was home to a type II supernova recorded in 1979.
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Neutron stars are thought to be the collapsed remnants of stars after a supernova phase.
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It all comes from the cosmos, from from the stars, and from the supernova explosions.
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There's a theory that it was wiped out by a supernova 6000 years ago.
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A supernova occurs when a star explodes, becoming incredibly bright for a short period before fading away.
How Bright
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Morphology
supernova = nova (semi-transparent) = super + nova
Formed from the productive prefix 'super-' (meaning very/above) plus the astronomical noun 'nova'; the parts point to an especially bright/new star but the specific notion of a catastrophic stellar explosion is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
The word supernova is made of two Latin parts, super ('above' or 'beyond') and nova ('new'), with super used in English to mean 'very' and nova meaning 'new'. So a supernova is like a very 'new' star — a star that suddenly becomes extremely bright because it explodes.