How to Use supernova in a Sentence

supernova

noun

• The light from this supernova first reached Earth in the 1670s.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
• Then, in the fall of that year, the researchers witnessed a supernova in the same spot.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
• Beal spent much of the night going supernova on his way to 45 points.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2021
• The birth of the Pogacar supernova is now set to ripple across the cycling galaxy for years to come.
  — John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2020
• Perhaps Betelgeuse was at the end of its life and could explode in a supernova brighter than the full moon.
  — Science, 3 Dec. 2020
• The explosions unleashed by supernovas are among the strongest known in the world.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
• The researchers hope to find more examples of the third type of supernova.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2021
• Could a nearby supernova pose a threat to life on Earth?
  — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2022
• The star lost a large chunk of its mass before its reverse shock supernova.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 Apr. 2022
• The nod to the supernova Portuguese forward, who’s also 37, spurred both awe and anger.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• This wasn’t a typical supernova, the fireworks at the end of a massive star’s life.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019
• Of course, Betelgeuse may have already gone supernova over 529 years ago and its light just hasn’t reached us yet.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• With neutron star or white dwarf cores, the larger star’s fate is sealed: no supernova.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• The bright burst occurred when the star exploded in a supernova.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2021
• These eat their way through the dying star and erupt outward while the rest of the star explodes as a very powerful supernova.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2022
• The best part of the film by a longshot is Austin Butler’s supernova-making turn as the titular singer.
  — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• One of the two companions is a neutron star formed in the aftermath of a supernova of a massive star.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2020
• Todd Rundgren was spending a lot of time in England just as David Bowie's star was on the verge of going supernova.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• Stargazers, rejoice: There's a new supernova in the night sky.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• The supernova event of 1181 is one of five bright supernovae that have been observed in the Milky Way in the last millennium.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• For me, their greatness is the draw, much in the way Tiger Woods remains golf’s singular supernova.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• Inspired by Venice beaches and the promises of a new decade, the line includes supernova tanks and zen-themed sweatshirts.
  — Caroline Harris, Health.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• In 1997, the top-shelf Britpop bands were looking to stay fresh and avoid getting trapped in last night’s champagne supernova.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022
• Yet the last supernova observed in our galaxy was in 1604 — more than four centuries ago.
  — Yvette Cendes, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2018
• Before July 2018, only two sources had been found: the sun and a supernova.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
• Building a supernova-in-a-box came with its own challenges.
  — Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
• But the supernova pizza manages 200 shots in a few seconds as the gases mix.
  — Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2020
• Just one supernova can eject more than a solar mass of oxygen.
  — Ken Croswell, Scientific American, 1 July 2020
• Sure enough, gay men joined the reckoning almost as soon as #MeToo went supernova, in late 2017.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 June 2019
• Despite their ubiquity, the origins of those celestial sparks remain a mystery, although supernovas and ordinary stars like our sun are suspected to be prime sources.
  — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024