supernova
A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
Other meanings
Something brilliant.
A kind of
- star
Related words
- presupernova
- supernoval
- failed supernova
- go supernova
- supernova impostor
- supernova remnant
- stripped-envelope supernova
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This definition is adapted from “supernova” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.