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    A supernova is a massive stellar explosion that briefly outshines its entire galaxy. It expels most of the star's material at nearly 10% the speed of light, driving a shock wave into surrounding gas and dust that forms a supernova remnant. Supernovae are more energetic than novas and get their energy either from the re-ignition of nuclear fusion in a degenerate star or the gravitational collapse of a massive star's core. They occur about three times per century in the Milky Way and play an important role in enriching interstellar matter and triggering new star formation.

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    A supernova is a massive stellar explosion that briefly outshines its entire galaxy. It expels most of the star's material at nearly 10% the speed of light, driving a shock wave into surrounding gas and dust that forms a supernova remnant. Supernovae are more energetic than novas and get their energy either from the re-ignition of nuclear fusion in a degenerate star or the gravitational collapse of a massive star's core. They occur about three times per century in the Milky Way and play an important role in enriching interstellar matter and triggering new star formation.

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    A supernova is a massive stellar explosion that briefly outshines its entire galaxy. It expels most of the star's material at nearly 10% the speed of light, driving a shock wave into surrounding gas and dust that forms a supernova remnant. Supernovae are more energetic than novas and get their energy either from the re-ignition of nuclear fusion in a degenerate star or the gravitational collapse of a massive star's core. They occur about three times per century in the Milky Way and play an important role in enriching interstellar matter and triggering new star formation.

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    A supernova is a massive stellar explosion that briefly outshines its entire galaxy. It expels most of the star's material at nearly 10% the speed of light, driving a shock wave into surrounding gas and dust that forms a supernova remnant. Supernovae are more energetic than novas and get their energy either from the re-ignition of nuclear fusion in a degenerate star or the gravitational collapse of a massive star's core. They occur about three times per century in the Milky Way and play an important role in enriching interstellar matter and triggering new star formation.

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    A supernova is a stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy, radiating as much energy

    as the Sun or any ordinary star is expected to emit over its entire life span, before fading from view
    over several weeks or months.[1] The extremely luminous burst ofradiation expels much or all of a
    star's material[2] at a velocity of up to 30,000 km/s (10% of the speed of light), driving a shock
    wave[3]into the surrounding interstellar medium. This shock wave sweeps up an expanding shell of
    gas and dust called a supernova remnant. A great proportion of primary cosmic rays comes from
    supernovae.[4]
    Supernovae are more energetic than a nova. Nova means "new" in Latin, referring to what appears
    to be a very bright new star shining in the celestial sphere; the prefix "super-" distinguishes
    supernovae from ordinary novae, which are far less luminous. The word supernova was coined
    by Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky in 1931.[5] It is pronounced /suprnov/ with the
    plural supernovae/suprnovi/ or supernovas (abbreviated SN, plural SNe after "supernovae").
    Supernovae can be triggered in one of two ways: by the sudden re-ignition of nuclear fusion in
    a degenerate star; or by thegravitational collapse of the core of a massive star. In the first case, a
    degenerate white dwarf may accumulate sufficient material from a companion, either
    through accretion or via a merger, to raise its core temperature, ignite carbon fusion, and
    trigger runaway nuclear fusion, completely disrupting the star. In the second case, the core of
    a massive star may undergo sudden gravitational collapse, releasing gravitational potential
    energy that can create a supernova explosion.
    The last directly observed supernova in the Milky Way was Kepler's Star of 1604 (SN
    1604); remnants of two more recent supernovae have been found retrospectively. Nevertheless,
    observations in other galaxies indicate that supernovae occur on average about three times every
    century in the Milky Way.[6]They play a significant role in enriching the interstellar medium with
    higher mass elements.[7] Furthermore, the expanding shock waves from supernova explosions can
    trigger the formation of new stars.[8][9]

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