Nova

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title: Nova
text: A nova is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star that slowly fades over weeks or months. All observed novae involve white dwarfs in close binary systems, but causes of the dramatic appearance of a nova vary, depending on the circumstances of the two progenitor stars. The main sub-classes of novae are classical novae, recurrent novae (RNe), and dwarf novae. They are all considered to be cataclysmic variable stars. Classical nova eruptio
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description: Nuclear explosion in a white dwarf star
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova
date created: 2001-10-16T00:30:10Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T22:00:56Z
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