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exploding star

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noun

  1. an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves coming from an unusually rare kind of exploding star.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

The burst of light, spotted in 2022, is now known to have had an exploding star at its heart, researchers say.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

He hypothesizes they could have originated from a magma ocean on a planet with an iron core or a region near an exploding star that was enriched with these elements.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023

Now a new measurement of the Hubble constant, made by observing a mirror image of a distant exploding star, or supernova, is complicating matters further.

From Scientific American • May 11, 2023

I imagined that parts of my insides and parts of her insides may have come from the same exploding star, billions of years ago.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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