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supernovae

  • plural
    of supernova.
    supernova
    noun
    the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.

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Its sensitive camera can detect sudden or unusual changes in light that may indicate powerful cosmic events, including exploding stars called supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and collisions between neutron stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Type Ia supernovae are known to be “standard candles” because we know that their luminosity is the same wherever they are.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Their analysis focused on Pantheon+, a dataset containing observations of more than 1,700 Type Ia supernovae.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

The scientists investigated the motion, brightness, and chemical properties of supernovae produced through this proposed PBH-triggered explosion channel.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

In five years, with the new technique, Perlmutter and his colleagues at Berkeley found forty-two supernovae.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson