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Definitions of nova in various dictionaries:

noun - a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

adj - a type of star [n -VAS or -VAE] : NOVALIKE

NOVA - A nova (plural novae or novas) or classical nova (CN, plural CNe) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, ap...

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Possible Jeopardy Clues
Though its name means "new star" it's just a star that flares up to many times its normal brightness
This is a star with a sudden increase in brightness; the super this can be 100 times as luminous as the regular one
A star explosion, or a PBS series
This word for what we know to be a very old star is Latin for "new"--silly ancient astronomers!
Possible Dictionary Clues
A star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then gradually returns to its original brightness over a period of weeks to years.
a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state over a few months.
a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
a type of star that shines much more brightly for a few months as a result of a nuclear explosion
Geographic Matches
Nova, Ceara, BRAZIL
Nova, OHIO, UNITED STATES
Nova, Tocantins, BRAZIL
Nova, Zala, HUNGARY
Nova, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
Nova, Mato Grosso do Sul, BRAZIL
nova, Comunidad Valenciana, SPAIN
Nova, Alagoas, BRAZIL
Nova, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL
Nova, Vologda, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Nova description
A nova (plural novae or novas) or classical nova (CN, plural CNe) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months. Novae involve an interaction between two stars that cause the flareup that is perceived as a new entity that is much brighter than the stars involved.
* Causes of the dramatic appearance of a nova vary, depending on the circumstances of the two progenitor stars. All observed novae involve closely located binary stars (the progenitors), either a pair of red dwarfs in the process of merging, or a white dwarf and another star.
* The main sub-classes of novae are classical novae, recurrent novae (RNe), and dwarf novae. They are all considered to be cataclysmic variable stars. Luminous red novae share the name and are also cataclysmic variables, but are a different type of event caused by a stellar merger. Also with similar names are the much more energetic supernovae (SN
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