Nova (astronomy)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Nova (astronomy).

Variable star in the class of cataclysmic variable stars, which is normally very faint but occasionally erupts in an immense explosion, increasing its brightness a thousand to tens of millions of times; similar but unrelated to supernovae.

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