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CK Vulpeculae: Something went boom but we don't know what

Phil Plait

Jan 26, 2021

CK Vulpeculae is a bipolar nebula, with two expanding lobes of gas ejected from the center in a powerful event that was seen in 1670. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Jen Miller (Ge

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Tag: apocalypse

No, there's no such thing as a solar micronova

Phil Plait

Sep 1, 2020

… and I feel fine. Credit: Dean Reeves, used by permission

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Tag: white dwarfs

Got lithium? Thank a long-gone explodey white dwarf

Phil Plait

Jun 2, 2020

Artist's drawing of the RS Ophiuchi system, a recurring nova, where a white dwarf is accumulating matter from a star orbiting it. Credit: David Hardy & PPARC

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Tag: Avengers: Endgame

Tag: Russo Brothers

Did the Russo Brothers just reveal a Nova cameo in Avengers: Endgame?

Matthew Jackson

Aug 19, 2019

Avengers Endgame

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

The recurrent exploding nova R Aquarii: Unlucky Stars

Phil Plait

May 24, 2019

A composite image of R Aquarii in optical light (red) and X-rays (blue); the jets emit X-rays due to the strong magnetic fields present. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. Montez et al.; Optical: Adam Block/Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter/U. Arizona

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Tag: Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame writers reveal aborted Nova plan, time travel origins

Matthew Jackson

May 13, 2019

Stephen McFeely (left) and Christopher Markus

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Tag: Andromeda galaxy

An epically erupting star has carved a truly GIGANTIC hole in space

Phil Plait

Feb 28, 2019

Artist's drawing of the RS Ophiuchi system, a recurring nova, where a white dwarf is accumulating matter from a star orbiting it. Credit: David Hardy & PPARC

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Andromeda galaxy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

What do you get when a white dwarf eats a brown dwarf? A very, very energetic cosmic belch.

Phil Plait

Nov 12, 2018

Combined visible light image from the Gemini observatory (blue) and SMA submillimeter light (red) show the complex hourglass shape of the gas and dust expanding from away from Nova Vulpeculae 1670. Credit: ESO/T. Kamiński

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Tag: Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige touts Nova's "immediate potential" as a Marvel Film

Blair Marnell

Apr 22, 2018

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Raiders of the Lost Nova

Phil Plait

Aug 31, 2017

Artist's drawing of the RS Ophiuchi system, a recurring nova, where a white dwarf is accumulating matter from a star orbiting it. Credit: David Hardy & PPARC

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Tag: James Gunn

James Gunn: Guardians Vol. 3 will set up decades of cosmic stories, could introduce Nova

Nathalie Caron

Aug 23, 2017

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Tag: James Gunn

Tag: Bad Astronomy

WD 1202 is a weird binary: One of the stars used to be inside the other one!

Phil Plait

Jun 22, 2017

A brown dwarf orbits a white dwarf in this artist's rendition.

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Tag: marvel comics

First look at Richard Rider's return in Marvel's new NOVA comic

Trent Moore

Nov 8, 2016

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