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- noun informal, physics A
luminosity equivalent to that of a thousandnovas
Etymologies
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kilo- + nova
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Researchers on Wednesday described for the first time the contours of the type of explosion, called a kilonova, that occurs when neutron stars merge.
‘Perfect explosion’: merger of neutron stars creates spherical cosmic blast Reuters 2023
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Neutron stars often form in pairs, then spin around each other until eventually smashing together in a cataclysmic explosion called a kilonova.
How is gold made? The mysterious cosmic origins of heavy elements #author.fullName} 2022
alexz commented on the word kilonova
bumped into kilonova while reading a NASA update
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasas-hubble-finds-telltale-fireball-after-gamma-ray-burst/#.Uf2tE9eYnld
a burst 1000 times brighter than a nova, but not as bright as a supernova
"A kilonova is about 1,000 times brighter than a nova, which is caused by the eruption of a white dwarf. The self-detonation of a massive star, a supernova, can be as much as 100 times brighter than a kilonova"
August 4, 2013
bilby commented on the word kilonova
But not as useful for climbing fences as an upanova.
August 6, 2013
rolig commented on the word kilonova
And here I thought this was a character from a Gogol story, some Pelageya Arkadiyevna Kilonova.
August 7, 2013
rolig commented on the word kilonova
Or now that I think of it, from Tolstoy. After all, he wrote kilonovels Inot to be confused with killer novels).
August 7, 2013
alexz commented on the word kilonova
rolig, you may want to check out the word meganovel
August 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word kilonova
Who's Megan?
August 8, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word kilonova
How about a stile-ish nova?
August 10, 2013
Logophile77 commented on the word kilonova
nova, kilonova, supernova, and hypernova can all be used as verbs.
April 18, 2018
bilby commented on the word kilonova
Well kilonova me with monounsaturated fat and call me an avocado.
April 19, 2018