noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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explosion
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By distorting them, supernova explosions may lead to the shredding of otherwise stable clouds by the tidal field of the nucleus.
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Another theory suggests that a supernova explosion occurred, destroying the companion sun and scattering its material toward our Sun.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another theory suggests that a supernova explosion occurred, destroying the companion sun and scattering its material toward our Sun.
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By distorting them, supernova explosions may lead to the shredding of otherwise stable clouds by the tidal field of the nucleus.
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Modern detectors which should be capable of detecting the gravitational waves from a supernova collapse in our Galaxy are described.
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Scientists are concerned that a special event, such as a sunspot or supernova might occur during this long period of communications blackout.
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So far, no one has found a possible candidate for the supernova that might have represented the Star of Bethlehem.
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Some of the supernova debris has recently been found in meteorites.
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The faint-object camera has also been looking at the remnants of the supernova which excited astronomers in 1987.
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These are colossal outbursts: at its peak a supernova may become at least fifteen million times as luminous as the Sun.