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supernova impostor
nova
supernova remnant
superbubble
radiosphere
neutron star
sun
runaway star
gamma ray burst
magnetocentrifugal
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supernovas
deleptonization
kilonova
bosenova
fast evolving luminous transient
stripped envelope supernova
invisibility
presupernova
star
gravitational collapse
galactic habitable zone
supernovae
guest star
neutrinosphere
unnova
photon
Definitions:
Noun
supernova
Definition: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process
Definition: The explosion of a star, which increases its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).