exploding star
Britishnoun
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The remains of the exploding star will continue to evolve at a rapid rate over the following decades, offering a rare opportunity for astronomers to study a key astronomical process in real time.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova.
From BBC • May 12, 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
A leading hypothesis is that the solar system began as a massive cloud of interstellar dust and gas that collapsed, perhaps from the shockwave of a supernova triggered by an exploding star.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 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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