nova

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The observations instead point to multiple ways a nova can unfold, including several outflows and delayed release of the star's outer envelope, reshaping how scientists understand these explosive episodes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

My last album was the thing that put me on the map, and the song that went viral was the most pure bossa nova song that I’d released.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 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

Galileo’s first venture into astronomy was to insist that parallax measurements proved that the nova of 1604 was in the heavens, and this was still an argument of fundamental importance to him in 1632.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton