The phrase "as a nova" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to astronomy or metaphorically to describe something that suddenly becomes very bright or prominent.
Example: "The artist's new work burst onto the scene as a nova, captivating audiences with its brilliance."
Alternatives: "like a star" or "as a shining example".
This is what we see in our sky as a nova.
The atoms are then blown out into interstellar space toward the end of a star's lifetime when the star explodes as a nova or, more rarely, a supernova.
I would plot the end of this second millennium A.D. and the start of the third as a nova, its effects spreading out in all directions.
When a white dwarf accretes enough matter, nuclear fusion can spike on its surface, creating a temporary brilliant flare known as a nova.
RR Telescopii is a cataclysmic variable that brightened as a nova to magnitude 6 in 1948.
"As a Nova Scotian, as a Canadian, I don't want to be part of that," says Gerry Mills.
Basic statistical methods such as multiple regression analysis and analysis of variance (A NOVA) as well as multivariate exploratory techniques (cluster and factor analyses) were performed using S TATISTICA 6.1 (StatSoft, Inc., Tulsa, OK, USA) data analysis software system.
While RR Telescopii, also designated Nova Telescopii 1948, is often called a slow nova, it is now classified as a symbiotic nova system composed of an M5III pulsating red giant and a white dwarf; between 1944 and 1948 it brightened by about 7 magnitudes before being noticed at apparent magnitude 6.0 in mid-1948.
Additional proof, the researchers say, is provided by an isotope of neon found in the grains that could only be formed as the result of a nova, an exploding star.
Collisions between neutron stars are thought to be 1,000 times as bright as a typical nova, and they are the universe's primary source of such elements as silver, platinum and gold.
❦ As I reached our little terrace house at the top of the street, I could hear the mostly musical sounds of what is best described as a bossa nova version of "In the Bleak Midwinter".
