exploding star
Britishnoun
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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 explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova.
From BBC ● May 12, 2023
One intriguing theory is that millions of years ago, an exploding star light-years away pummeled Earth with cosmic radiation in the form of X-rays, gamma rays and ultraviolet rays.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
Like exoplanets at certain points in orbit around their stars, or an exploding star, or some other phenomenon that’s time-dependent.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022
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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