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  2. List of stellar explosion types - Wikipedia

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    Luminous red nova, an explosion thought to be caused by stellar collision Solar flares are a minor type of stellar explosion [ 1 ] Tidal disruption event , the pulling apart of a star by tidal forces

  3. List of astronomical objects named after people - Wikipedia

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    KBC Void is an immense empty region of space, named after Ryan Keenan, Amy Barger, and Lennox Cowie. Mayall's Object is the result of a galaxy collision in Ursa Major, named after Nicholas Mayall. 9Spitch is a gravitationally lensed system of two galaxies in Cetus. It is named after Zbigniew "Zbish" Chetnik.

  4. 100 baby names inspired by space - AOL

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    Space baby names inspired by the cosmos can help parents find a unique baby name. Space baby names for boys and girls are sure to be as special as your newborn! 100 baby names inspired by space

  5. List of supernovae - Wikipedia

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    SN 1054 remnant (Crab Nebula)A supernova is an event in which a star destroys itself in an explosion which can briefly become as luminous as an entire galaxy.This list of supernovae of historical significance includes events that were observed prior to the development of photography, and individual events that have been the subject of a scientific paper that contributed to supernova theory.

  6. Fast blue optical transient - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a FBOT. In astronomy, a fast blue optical transient (FBOT), or more specifically, luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), is an explosive transient event similar to supernovae and gamma-ray bursts with high optical luminosity, rapid evolution, and predominantly blue emission. [1]

  7. Nedelin catastrophe - Wikipedia

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    The explosion incinerated or asphyxiated Nedelin, a top aide, the USSR's top missile-guidance designer, and over 70 other officers and engineers. Still others died later of burns or poisoning. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 1 ] Missile designer Mikhail Yangel survived only because he had left to smoke a cigarette behind a bunker a few hundred metres away ...

  8. Scientists find ‘perfect’ explosion in space that ‘makes no ...

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  9. Starfish Prime - Wikipedia

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    It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in space. A Thor rocket carrying a W49 thermonuclear warhead (designed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory ) and a Mk. 2 reentry vehicle was launched from Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, about ...