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How are novas and supernovas diffrent?
A nova occurs when a white dwarf or neutron star in a binary star system collects enough hydrogen from its partner star's wind and/or flares to trigger fusion. The entire collected hydrogen...
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How are nova and supernova related?
A nova is when a star "dies", or runs out of fuel to burn and implodes, and the gravity makes it collapse in on itself. But it will effect any space objects near it like planets and asteroids. A...
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What can a hyper nova create?
heavy, dense atoms
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Will Antares the star hyper nova?
No. Antares is 883 times the diameter of the sun, which makes it one of the largest stars by the amount of space it takes up. But, Antares is only 15 times the weight of our sun. A star has to be...
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Why is nova named nova?
The astronomer Tycho Brahe observed the supernova SN 1572 and described it in his book de Stella nova (Latin for "concerning the new star"), giving rise to the name nova.
