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What is the noun for supernova?

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supernova
  1. (astronomy) A star which explodes, increasing its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
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    1. “After a lackluster year for movie ticket sales, all Tinseltown wants is a big fat supernova.”
      “This reveals how fast the universe was expanding at the time the supernova explosion occurred.”
      “A large amount of matter, left over from a supernova explosion spiraling inward towards an invisible black center.”
supernovas
  1. plural of supernova
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    1. “Outer space was a vivacious place, filled with planets and stars, moons and black holes, supernovas and asteroid belts.”
      “Late spiral galaxies account for only about 45 percent of nearby galaxies, but they were found to contain almost all the supernovas.”
      “Stars like our sun form white dwarfs, but those about 1.5 times heavier become supernovas and collapse to form a neutron star.”
supernovae
  1. plural of supernova
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    1. “We would like to understand better the connection between gamma ray bursts and supernovae.”
      “With all their brightness, supernovae gradually die away as a result of internal explosions of unsurpassable intensity.”
      “From the high lancets, sunlight streamed in, and the dust motes flared like supernovae as they passed into the light.”
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