supernovae

noun

Meaning

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).

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Related words

redshift(English)planetary nebula(English)neutron star(English)astrophysical(English)spiral nebula(English)supercluster(English)nuclear explosion(English)pulsars(English)

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