supernova explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofsupernovaandexplosion

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supernova
noun[C]
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/ˌsuː.pəˈnəʊ.və/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈnoʊ.və/
a star that has exploded, strongly increasing its brightness for a ...
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explosion
noun
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/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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Could a nearbysupernovaexplosionhave caused a mass extinction?
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A nearbysupernovaexplosionis also a possibility during our cosmic traverse but so far there is no direct evidence of such having caused a mass extinction.
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The notion that pulsars were neutron stars, leftovers from asupernovaexplosion, had been proposed in 1933.
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After thesupernovaexplosion, the ejected material expands and becomes a supernova remnant.
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Betelgeuse in particular is expected to die in asupernovaexplosionwithin the next million years.
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The only known mechanism for creating and dispersing metals is asupernovaexplosion.
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This delay, called a light echo of thesupernovaexplosionalso allowed the astronomers to measure the spectral signature of the light from the explosion.
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There is also evidence for injection of short-lived (now extinct) isotopes from a nearbysupernovaexplosionthat may have triggered solar nebula collapse.
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Its exact future is unclear but will almost certainly involve asupernovaexplosion.
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Understanding this process is important to our understanding of the mechanism of asupernovaexplosion.
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The fallout from asupernovaexplosionshould contain, the longest-lived plutonium isotope with a half-life of 81 million years.
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However, it would take 50 to 100 times more energy than a standardsupernovaexplosionto create a structure of this size and energy.
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The nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historicalsupernovaexplosion.
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The materials thrown off from thesupernovaexplosionare ionized by the energy and the compact object that it can produce.
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Asupernovaexplosionat a distance of 26 light years will reduce the ozone column density by half.
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These stars undergo carbon fusion, with their lives ending in a core-collapsesupernovaexplosion.
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Manganese is part of the iron group of elements, which are thought to be synthesized in large stars shortly before thesupernovaexplosion.
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It is thought to have formed after a fairly recentsupernovaexplosion.
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The temple is destroyed by asupernovaexplosion, revealing that the eye is actually the star itself as it goes nova.
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Current theories fail to explain how such speeds can be attained from asupernovaexplosion.
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