nova
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Overall, the results challenge the long-standing idea that nova eruptions are single, impulsive events.
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
Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences, has died at the age of 83, his family has confirmed.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
Where a nova could possibly be regarded as a miracle, a comet was too commonplace an occurrence to be handled in this way, so if comets were supralunary phenomena, Aristotle was wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing nova
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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Space Science (Astronomy) - High School
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