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{{Quote|If we didn't have the right calculations, we'd fly right into a star, or bounce too close to a supernova, and that would end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?|[[Han Solo]] to [[Luke Skywalker]]|Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope}}
 
{{Quote|If we didn't have the right calculations, we'd fly right into a star, or bounce too close to a supernova, and that would end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?|[[Han Solo]] to [[Luke Skywalker]]|Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope}}
 
A '''supernova''' was a celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of a [[star]]. The process resulted in the formation of a [[black hole]], a [[Color|dark]] body that possessed immense [[gravity]].<ref name="Catalyst">''[[Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel]]''</ref> When going supernova, a star would burn the other celestial bodies in its vicinity to cinders.<ref name="Twilight">''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''</ref> "Going supernova" was a common idiom for "exploding."<ref name="Aftermath">''[[Aftermath]]''</ref><ref name="beware">''[[Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!]]''</ref>
 
A '''supernova''' was a celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of a [[star]]. The process resulted in the formation of a [[black hole]], a [[Color|dark]] body that possessed immense [[gravity]].<ref name="Catalyst">''[[Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel]]''</ref> When going supernova, a star would burn the other celestial bodies in its vicinity to cinders.<ref name="Twilight">''[[Battlefront: Twilight Company]]''</ref> "Going supernova" was a common idiom for "exploding."<ref name="Aftermath">''[[Aftermath]]''</ref><ref name="beware">''[[Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!]]''</ref>

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"If we didn't have the right calculations, we'd fly right into a star, or bounce too close to a supernova, and that would end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
Han Solo to Luke Skywalker[src]

A supernova was a celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of a star. The process resulted in the formation of a black hole, a dark body that possessed immense gravity.[1] When going supernova, a star would burn the other celestial bodies in its vicinity to cinders.[2] "Going supernova" was a common idiom for "exploding."[3][4]

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