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Recent Examples of supernova Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025 The very largest supernovas leave behind black holes, infamous for their great mystery. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025 And only when some stars had exhausted their fusion fuel did their collapse and explosion in supernovas create heavier elements such as heavy metals. Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025 Astronomers have theorized that supernovas such as these are caused by two white dwarfs orbiting each other in a binary star system, when one of them consumes the other. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supernova
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Noun
  • As the New York Knicks gear up for what could be a title-contending season in 2025-26, the head coach that led them to their most success this century was spotted several time zones away.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lilith’s success spawned a backlash, which was inevitable, and the whiteness of its 1997 lineup led to valid criticism of its lack of inclusivity.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The actor, who plays the dashing Prince Fiyero in Wicked, has commanded the stage, small screen, and now Hollywood blockbusters—all while maintaining the same approachable charm that first drew audiences to him in the early days of his 30-year career.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Released in July 25, Dead to Rights was an instant commercial hit in China, breaking a long blockbuster dry spell that extended through the spring.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The former child actor, who got his breakthrough role in 1997's Soul Food at age 13, was diagnosed with Castleman disease not long after the film became a runaway hit.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The team’s hopes for a third straight Stanley Cup championship, last done in the NHL more than 40 years agp, also have taken an enormous hit.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That also means there's no winner between technologies.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Kevin Hastings, the 2022 and ’23 champion, defeated last year’s winner, Raul Gutierrez, to reclaim the crown.
    Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025

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