nova

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Pair the bagels with hand sliced nova salmon, cream cheese, and a slice of tomato for a true feast.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

Although astronomers have not observed any nova events in this system in recent history, such outbursts often recur every few thousand years.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 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

Over time, the material it grabs from the other star gets crushed and compressed - until eventually it triggers a nuclear explosion, releasing a huge amount of energy - a process known as going nova.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

Dryden’s chronology is right: ‘these last hundred years’ takes us back, almost exactly, to the nova of 1571.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton