Nova (disambiguation)
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A nova
Nova
A nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a star caused by the accretion of hydrogen on to the surface of a white dwarf star, which ignites and starts nuclear fusion in a runaway manner...

is an exploding star.

Nova or NOVA may also refer to:

Geography

  • Nova, Hungary
    Nova, Hungary
    Nova is a village in Zala county, Hungary.- External links :*...

  • Nova, Ohio
    Nova, Ohio
    Nova is an unincorporated community in central Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44859. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 with State Route 511....

    , United States
  • Northern Virginia
    Northern Virginia
    Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...

    , United States
  • Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

    , Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast

Motor vehicles

  • Nova (kit car)
  • Nova Bus
    Nova Bus
    Nova Bus is a Canadian bus manufacturer in North America, owned by Volvo Buses, and headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada.- History :The factory was originally a General Motors plant for building city transit buses intended for the Canadian market...

    , a bus manufacturing company
  • Chevrolet Nova
    Chevrolet Nova
    The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a compact automobile manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors produced in four generations for the 1962 through 1979 model years. Nova was the top model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968. The Chevy II nameplate was dropped, Nova becoming the...

    , an American car produced 1962–1979 and 1985–1988
  • Dacia Nova
    Dacia Nova
    The Dacia Nova was a car manufactured by Romanian auto marque Dacia.-History:Dacia Nova was the first car designed by the Romanian engineers, taking a very long time to complete. This is the reason for the car looking slightly outdated when it exited the factory's gates for the first time, in 1995...

    , a Romanian car produced 1995–2000
  • Holden Nova
    Holden Nova
    The Holden Nova was a compact car that was produced by the GM-Holden-Toyota alliance, known as United Australian Automobile Industries in Australia between August 1989 and 1996. The alliance, and therefore the car, was a result of the failed Button car plan which attempted to rationalise the...

    , an Australian car produced 1989–1996
  • Lada Nova, a Russian car produced 1982–present
  • Vauxhall Nova, a British car produced 1982–1993

Television

  • Nova (TV series)
    NOVA (TV series)
    Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...

    , an American science series
    • NOVA scienceNOW
      NOVA scienceNOW
      NOVA scienceNOW is a newsmagazine version of the long running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who described it as an experiment in coverage of "breaking science, science that's right out of the lab, science...

      , a news-focused spin-off series
  • Nova (Dutch TV series), a current-events program
  • Nova TV (disambiguation), various stations
  • Nova (TV channel), digital terrestrial television channel owned by Grupo Antena 3

Music and radio

  • Nova (Atargatis album)
  • Nova (Rajaton album)
    Nova (Rajaton album)
    Nova is the debut album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released August 14, 2000. It consists of vocal arrangements of folk and contemporary Finnish poetry. The first takes were recorded in June 1999, after Rajaton won the Tampere Vocal Music Festival 1999.-Track listing:-External links:* *...

  • Nova (Dutch band), a Dutch electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as Peru
  • Nova (Italian band)
    Nova (Italian band)
    Nova was an Italian progressive rock/jazz fusion band that was formed in 1975 from members of the bands Osanna and Cervello. Based in London for most of their career, they released four albums that are influenced by the 1970s jazz fusion styles of bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report...

    , an Italian progressive rock/jazz fusion band formed in 1975
  • Nova (Swedish band), a Swedish pop music band, previously known as Malta that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
  • Nova (radio network)
    Nova (radio network)
    Nova is a name given to a group of Australian radio stations. The group comprises five stations all owned by DMG Radio Australia, apart from the Perth station, which is a joint venture between DMG and the Australian Radio Network....

    , a group of Australian radio stations
  • Nova M Radio
    Nova M Radio
    Nova M Radio, later known as On Second Thought, was a radio syndication service providing progressive talk programming. Founded as Nova M Radio by Sheldon and Anita Drobny in 2006, its stated purpose was to purchase, own, and operate underperforming radio stations in small and medium sized markets...

    , an American radio network
  • Radio Nova (disambiguation), the name of several radio stations

Publications

  • Nova (magazine)
  • Nova (novel)
    Nova (novel)
    Nova is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. Nominally space opera, it explores the politics and culture of a future where cyborg technology is universal, yet major decisions can involve using tarot cards. It has strong mythological overtones, relating to both the Grail Quest and Jason's...

    , by Samuel R. Delany
  • The Nova Trilogy
    The Nova Trilogy
    The Nova Trilogy, The Nova Epic or The Cut-up Trilogy is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental prose novels by William S. Burroughs...

    , a series of novels by William S. Burroughs
  • Nova 1 through Nova 4, four anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison
    Harry Harrison
    Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...


Schools

  • Nova (eikaiwa)
    Nova (eikaiwa)
    Nova was the largest eikaiwa school in Japan until its widely publicized collapse in October 2007. Before its bankruptcy, Nova employed approximately 15,000 people across a group of companies that supported the operations of and extended out from the "Intercultural Network" of its language schools...

    , an English language conversation school in Japan
  • Nova High School
    Nova High School
    Nova High School is a public high school located in Davie, Florida and is part of the Broward County Public Schools district. It is one of four schools that comprise the Nova Center for Applied Research and Professional Development, the others being Nova Eisenhower Elementary School, Nova Blanche...

    , Florida, United States
  • Nova Southeastern University
    Nova Southeastern University
    Nova Southeastern University, commonly referred to as NSU or Nova, is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian, research university located in Broward County, Florida, with its main campus in the town of Davie...

    , Florida, United States
  • The Nova Project
    The Nova Project
    The Nova Project, also known as Nova, is located at 300 21st Avenue Ein Seattle, Washington. It is a small alternative high school in the Seattle Public School District.-About:...

    , an alternative high school in Washington, United States
  • Northern Virginia Community College
    Northern Virginia Community College
    Northern Virginia Community College, often abbreviated NVCC and colloquially as NOVA, comprises several locations in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., and is both the second largest multi-campus community college in the United States and the largest educational institution in the...

    , Virginia, United States
  • New University of Lisbon
    New University of Lisbon
    Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, , also known as NOVA ) was established in 1973 and is the youngest of the three public universities of Lisbon, in Portugal....

    , Portugal
  • Villanova University
    Villanova University
    Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

    , sometimes referred to as 'Nova

People

  • Nova (wrestler)
  • Aldo Nova
    Aldo Nova
    Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...

     (born 1956), Canadian musician
  • Ana Nova
    Ana Nova
    Ana Nova is a pornographic actress.She moved to Berlin in her early teens. After her eighteenth birthday, she went into modeling, and stripping. In 2000, she took the step into Euro-hardcore...

    , (born 1975) German pornographic actress
  • Heather Nova
    Heather Nova
    Heather Nova, is a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet. She has released eight full-length albums and has found lasting success in Germany where two of her albums South and Storm have made their way into the Top-5 of German official album chart.-Biography:Heather Nova was born in Bermuda...

     (born 1967), Bermudan singer
  • Iván Nova
    Iván Nova
    Iván Manuel Nova Guance is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees.-Career:Nova was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Yankees in 2004. At the end of the 2008 season, Nova had not advanced beyond Class-A Advanced, where he pitched for the Tampa Yankees...

     (born 1987), Dominican baseball player
  • Nikki Nova
    Nikki Nova
    Nikki Nova is an adult model and actress.She has performed in a number of R rated films, including All Nude Nikki and several fetish videos....

     (born 1978), American pornographic actress

Fictional characters

  • Nova (comics)
    Nova (comics)
    Nova is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Upon becoming a member of the galaxy's Nova Corps , the youth gained enhanced strength, flight, injury resistance, and a specialized uniform with life support.In May 2011, Nova placed 98th on IGN's Top 100 Comic...

    , a Marvel Comics superhero, member of the Nova Corps
  • Nova (Herald of Galactus), a Marvel Comics superhero
  • Nova (Planet of the Apes), a fictional character in Planet of the Apes
  • Nova (Ultra monster)
    Nova (Ultra monster)
    is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman Leo.-History:Nova was one of the last few Flying Saucer Monsters left from Commander Black. Nova arrived on Earth but quickly transformed into a white, harmless-looking rain ornament to hide and plan, while it started influencing a boy...

  • Nova Satori, a Robotech character
  • Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
  • November Annabella "Nova" Terra, a Starcraft character
  • Prime Nova
    Prime Nova
    Prime Nova is the name of a fictional character in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation One:-Marvel Comics:In the Transformers universe, Prime Nova is regarded as the third holder of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Not much is known about Prime Nova, only that he was given...

    , a Transformers character
  • Nova, the radar operator aboard the spaceship Argo from the U.S. adaptation of the Japanese anime series Star Blazers
    Star Blazers
    Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, . Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an over-arching plot and storyline that required the episodes to...


Other uses

  • Nova (laser), high-power laser built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984
  • Nova (rocket), a series of proposed rocket designs
  • Nova (operating system)
    Nova (operating system)
    Nova is a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution launched in February 2009. It is developed in Havana at the University of Information Science by students and professors to provide free/libre/open-source software to inexperienced users and Cuban institutions.-Goal and adoption:The goal of Nova...

    , a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution
  • Nova - Center for Social Innovation
  • N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, a video game
  • NOνA, a proposed particle physics experiment
  • Data General Nova
    Data General Nova
    The Data General Nova was a popular 16-bit minicomputer built by the American company Data General starting in 1969. The Nova was packaged into a single rack mount case and had enough power to do most simple computing tasks. The Nova became popular in science laboratories around the world, and...

    , a minicomputer, a Cypriot cargo ship in service 1969–71
  • New Serb Democracy
    New Serb Democracy
    New Serb Democracy is a political party in Montenegro, formed on 24 January 2009 as a merger of the Serbian People's Party and the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro....

    , a Montenegrin political party
  • Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight
  • Nova Scotia salmon, a variant of lox
  • Nova, OpenStack
    OpenStack
    OpenStack is an IaaS cloud computing project by Rackspace Cloud and NASA. Currently more than 120 companies have joined the project among which are Citrix Systems, Dell, AMD, Intel, Canonical, SUSE Linux, HP, and Cisco...

    's distributed computing component
  • Nova™ 40W, a fungicide
    Fungicide
    Fungicides are chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in critical losses of yield, quality and profit. Fungicides are used both in agriculture and to fight fungal infections in animals...

     distributed by Dow AgroSciences
  • Nova, plural form of the Latin novum
    Novum
    Novum is a term used by science fiction scholar Darko Suvin and others to describe the scientifically plausible innovations used by science fiction narratives....

  • Nova 6, a fictional biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
    Call of Duty: Black Ops
    Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch, published by Activision and released worldwide on November 9, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii consoles, with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. Announced on April 30, 2010,...


See also

  • Supernova
    Supernova
    A supernova is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova. It is pronounced with the plural supernovae or supernovas. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months...

  • Novak (disambiguation)

  • Nove (disambiguation)
  • Novi (disambiguation)
  • Novo (disambiguation)
  • Novus (disambiguation)
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