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The explanation isn’t good but they aren’t talking about a normal supernova here, it’s a recurring one that I too never heard about earlier.


Nitpicking: Don't confuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova

From Wikipedia:

> For other uses, see Nova (disambiguation), Novas (disambiguation), and Novae (disambiguation).

> Not to be confused with luminous red nova, supernova, kilonova, or micronova.

(Disclaimer: I have no idea what half of them mean, but I guess they are nasty things that can make a star brighter.)


Yup, syndrome versus disease.




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