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n. - Stars that eject some of their material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.

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  • Astronomers commonly observe intense flashes of light from a variety of stellar explosions and outbursts, such as novae and supernovae.
  • We saw. that the novae are nearly all in the Milky Way.
  • Admiranda Methodus novae philosophiae Renati des Cartes.
  • The mechanisms of super-novae, however, remained obscure.
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