supernova
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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
Researchers are especially interested in the powerful "kicks" neutron stars receive during supernova explosions.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
This helped researchers rule out competing theories, including the idea that the material came from older supernova explosions that slowly faded over millions of years.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Because supernovae in distant galaxies usually do not produce detectable gravitational waves, some astronomers concluded that the event was likely an ordinary supernova unrelated to the earlier signal.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
A collapsing star twice as massive as the Sun will become a supernova and then a neutron star.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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