Supernovae In Fiction
Supernovae have been featured in works of fiction. While a nova is strictly speaking a different type of astronomical event, science fiction writers often use the terms interchangeably and refer to stars "going nova" without further clarification; this can at least partially be explained by the earliest science fiction works featuring these phenomena predating the introduction of the term "supernova" as a separate class of event in 1934. Since these stellar explosions release enormous amounts of energy, some stories propose using them as a power source for extremely energy-intense processes, such as time travel in the '' Doctor Who'' serial '' The Three Doctors'' from 1972. For the same reason, inducing them is occasionally portrayed as a potential weapon, for instance in the 1966 novel '' The Solarians'' by Norman Spinrad. The prospect of the Sun exploding in this manner has been used in a number of disaster stories, though it was recognized early on that the immense destructive ...
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Asymmetric Ashes (artist's Impression)
Asymmetric may refer to: *Asymmetry in geometry, chemistry, and physics Computing *Asymmetric cryptography, in public-key cryptography *Asymmetric digital subscriber line, Internet connectivity *Asymmetric multiprocessing, in computer architecture Other *Asymmetric relation, in set theory *Asymmetric synthesis, in organic synthesis *Asymmetric warfare, in modern war *Asymmetric Publications, a video game company *Asymmetry (Mallory Knox album), ''Asymmetry'' (Mallory Knox album), 2014 *Asymmetry (Karnivool album), ''Asymmetry'' (Karnivool album) *Asymmetry (population ethics) *Asymmetry (novel), a 2018 novel by Lisa Halliday See also

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