nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

is an exploding star. Nova or NOVA may also refer to:

People with the name

Single name

* Nova (singer), a Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop singer, part of duo Nova & Jory *

Nova (wrestler) Michael Bucci (born June 5, 1972) is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Bucci is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling ...

, ring name of American pro wrestler Mike Bucci * Nova, stage name of Shaheeda Sinckler, winner of the 2020

Scottish Album of the Year Award The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is an award given annually for an outstanding album produced by a Scottish artist. The award was launched in 2012 by thScottish Music Industry Association(SMIA) in partnership with Creative Scotland Cre ...

Given name

Nova Arianto Nova Arianto Sartono (born 4 November 1978) is an Indonesian professional football coach and former player of Chinese Indonesian descent who last played for Pelita Bandung Raya as a defender and currently works as an assistant coach for Indonesia ...

(born 1978), Indonesian professional footballer of Tionghoan descent *

Nova Meierhenrich Nova Meierhenrich (born 25 December 1973 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German television presenter and actress. Nova Meierhenrich started her career as a TV-Host on German TV in 1996 and since then has been presenting numerous TV shows ...

(born 1973), German television presenter *

Nova Miller Astrid Fanny Granström (born 29 July 2001), known professionally as Nova Miller, is a Swedish singer, song writer, dancer, actress and multi-instrumentalist from Stockholm, Sweden. Life and career Miller was born in Stockholm to a musical fa ...

(born 2001), Swedish singer, dancer, actress, and multi-instrumentalist *

Nova Peris Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's field hockey (Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an ...

(born 1971), Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician *

Nova Pilbeam Nova Margery Pilbeam (15 November 1919 – 17 July 2015) was an English film and stage actress. She played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s, and made her last film in 1948. Early life Pilbeam was born in Wimbledon, Surr ...

(1919-2015), British actress *

Nova Ren Suma Nova Ren Suma is an American #1 New York Times best selling author of young adult novels. Her best-known work is ''The Walls Around Us''. Her novels have twice been finalists for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult from Mystery Writers of Americ ...

(born 1975), American #1 New York Times best selling author of young adult novels

Surname

Aldo Nova Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio on November 13, 1956) is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, and producer. He initially gained fame and popularity with the release of his 1982 debut album ''Aldo Nova'' which peaked to ''Billboards n ...

(born 1956), Canadian musician *

Debi Nova Deborah Nowalski Kader, better known by her stage name Debi Nova () born 6 August 1980, is a Costa Rican singer-songwriter who resides in Los Angeles. She was involved in six Grammy award nominated projects, including a dance song, "One Rhythm", ...

, stage name of Costa Rican singer-songwriter Deborah Nowalski Kader (born 1980) *

Erika Nõva Erika Nõva née Volberg (4 April 1905, Muuksi – 22 April 1987, Tallinn) was an Estonian architect, remembered mainly for her farmhouse designs. She was the first woman to graduate as an architect in Estonia. Biography Nõva studied at the Tal ...

(1905–1987), Estonian architect *

Heather Nova Heather Nova (born Heather Allison Frith, July 6, 1968) is a Bermuda, Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet. , she has released eleven full-length albums, six EPs and twelve singles. Biography Heather Nova was born Heather Allison Frith on Berm ...

(born 1967), Bermudan singer, songwriter and poet *

Iván Nova Iván Manuel Nova Guance (born January 12, 1987) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, and D ...

(born 1987), Dominican baseball player * Stella Nova (1960–2010), British guitarist

Places

Iran

* Nova, East Azerbaijan *

Nova, Semnan Nova ( fa, نوا, also romanized as Novā) is a village in Qohab-e Rastaq Rural District, Amirabad District, Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a coun ...

United States

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

Northern Virginia Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from Washington, D.C. Wit ...

Elsewhere

* Nova, Africa, former Ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see *

Nõva (disambiguation) Nõva may refer: Places in Estonia *Nõva, Lääne County, village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County * Nõva, Tartu County, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County *Nõva Parish, former municipality in Lääne County People *Erika Nõ ...

, several places in Estonia *

Nova, Hungary Nova is a village in Zala County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east a ...

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

Nova (fairy) The Character (arts), characters of American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' are related to classic fairy tale and fantasy char ...

, a fictional character on the U.S. TV series ''Once Upon a Time'' * Nova (''Planet of the Apes''), a fictional character in ''Planet of the Apes'' * Nova (''StarCraft''), a fictional character in the ''StarCraft'' series and ''Heroes of the Storm'' *

Nova (Frankie Raye) Nova (Frankie Raye) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Frankie Raye was portrayed by Beau Garrett in the 2007 film '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. Publication history The chara ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero and a Herald of Galactus *

Nova (Richard Rider) Nova (Richard Rider) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared historically as the star of his own series, and at other times, as a supporting character in team books such as ''Th ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero, the original Nova and leader of the Nova Corps *

Nova (Sam Alexander) Nova (Sam Alexander) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, a space-faring member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, was created in 2011 by writer Jeph Loeb and artist ...

, a Marvel Comics Superhero, the teenage member of the Nova Corps *

Nova Forrester A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

, a fictional character in

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. It was the first popular English-translated anime that had an overarching plo ...

* Nova (''Ultra'' monster) * Nova 6, a fictional biochemical weapon in ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' * NOVA, a ''

Kirby Super Star ''Kirby Super Star'', released as ''Kirby's Fun Pak'' in PAL regions, is an anthology platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It is part of the ''Kirby'' serie ...

'' character * Nova, a ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' character * Nova, a ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' character * Weapon of Mass Destruction Nova, a ''

Mirai Sentai Timeranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the 24th series in Toei Company, Toei's Super Sentai metaseries. Footage from this series was used in the American production ''Power Rangers Time Force''. The opening narration of the series a ...

'' character

Games

* '' N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance'', a 2009 video game

Literature

* ''Nova'' (novel), by Samuel R. Delany * ''Nova 1'' through ''Nova 4'', anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison * ''

Nova Awards A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

'', UK science fiction award * ''

The Nova Trilogy ''The Nova Trilogy'' or ''The Cut-up Trilogy'' is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental novels by William S. Burroughs. Volumes * The Soft Machine * The Ticket That Exploded * Nova Express Trilogy The trilogy of expe ...

'', a series of novels by William S. Burroughs

Music

Artists

Nova (Bangladeshi band) Nova is a Bangladeshi rock band formed in Dhaka in 1986 by Ahmed Fazal. The band rose to prominence in the early 1990s, establishing themselves in Bangladesh. They were one of the most influential bands of that time. The name of the first albu ...

, a psychedelic, progressive and hard rock band in Bangladesh, formed in 1986 in Dhaka *

Nova (Dutch band) Nova was a Dutch electronic music band, who reached the number 1 position in the Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 ( nl, Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program tit ...

, a Dutch electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as ''Peru'' *

Nova (Italian band) Nova was an Italian progressive rock 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 were influenced by the 1970s jazz fusion styles of bands su ...

, an Italian progressive rock/jazz fusion band formed in 1975 *

Nova (Swedish band) Malta was a Swedish pop duo. It was a duo consisting of Claes af Geijerstam and Göran Fristorp. In 1973, they had to change their band name to Nova in order to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 to perform the song "You're Summer" in Lu ...

, a Swedish pop music band that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Albums and songs

* ''Nova'' (Atargatis album), 2007 * ''Nova'' (Rajaton album), 2000 * "Nova" (The Sound of Arrows song), a single by Swedish duo The Sound of Arrows * ''Nova'' (RL Grime album), 2018

Periodicals

* ''Nova'' (Brazilian magazine), a monthly feminine magazine published by Abril and part of the international ''Cosmopolitan'' group * ''Nova'' (UK magazine), a British magazine, 1965–75 * '' Nova Science Fiction'', a Swedish magazine for science fiction

Radio

Nova (radio network) The Nova Network is a group of five Australian radio stations owned wholly or in part by NOVA Entertainment. The Perth station is a joint venture between NOVA Entertainment and the Australian Radio Network. Each station has its own local Break ...

, a group of Australian radio stations *

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 Drobny, Sheldon and Anita Drobny in 2006, its stated purpose was to purchase, own, and ope ...

, an American radio network *

Radio Nova (disambiguation) Radio Nova may refer to: * Radio Nova (Sofia), 101.7 FM Sofia, Bulgaria * Radio Nova (Finland) * Radio Nova (France) * Radio Nova (Ireland), a pirate radio station operated in 80s * Radio Nova 100FM (Ireland), a classic rock and roll station lice ...

, several radio stations

Television

Television channels

* Nova TV (disambiguation), various television channels

Television series

* ''Nova'' (Dutch TV series), a current-events program * ''Nova'' (American TV program), an American science documentary series

Organizations

Companies

Nova Bus Nova Bus (stylized as NOVABUS) is a Canadian bus manufacturer headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. Nova is owned by the Volvo Group. The company has roots in the General Motors Diesel Division, which opened in 1979. Nova Bus was est ...

, a Canadian bus manufacturer *

Nova Chemicals NOVA Chemicals Corporation is a Canadian petrochemical company that has been in operation since 1954. NOVA was formed as provincial crown corporation called the Alberta Gas Trunk Line Company Limited to manage Alberta's natural gas collection sy ...

, a company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Nova Energy, a subsidiary of New Zealand company

Todd Corporation The Todd Corporation is a large private New Zealand company with a value of $4.3 billion, owned and controlled by the Todd family and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. The corporation is currently led by chairman of the board, Henry Tait ...

Nova Entertainment NOVA Entertainment is an Australian entertainment company that operates commercial radio networks (and associated digital brands) in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia. NOVA Entertainment is owned by Lachlan Murdoch's Illyria Pty Lt ...

, an Australian company *

Nova (Greece) Nova Telecommunications S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television and fixed telephony. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It is traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021. In ...

, a Greek telecommunications company * Nova (Iceland), an Icelandic telecommunications company * Nova Information Systems, former name of credit card transaction firm Elavon *

Nova Performance Paragliders Nova Performance Paragliders is an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Terfens. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of ...

, an Austrian paraglider manufacturer * Nova Systems, Australian engineering and technology company who run a space station in

Peterborough, South Australia Peterborough is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. At the , Peterborough had a population of 1,419. It was originally named Petersburg after the landowner, Peter Doecke, who sold land to c ...

Political parties

New Majority (Slovakia) New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina, NOVA) is a conservative political party in Slovakia. Naming history * : New Majority ( sk, Nová väčšina; NOVA) * : New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) ( sk, Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic); NOVA) * : Ne ...

New Serb Democracy New Serb Democracy (, NSD; officially abbreviated NOVA) is a Serbian nationalist right-wing political party in Montenegro, formed on 24 January 2009 as a merger between Serb People's Party and the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro. Since 201 ...

, Montenegro *

New Party (Serbia) New Party ( sr-cyrl, Нова странка, Nova stranka, Nova) was a liberal political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2013 by Zoran Živković, the former Prime Minister of Serbia and former member of the Democratic Party, and was most re ...

Other entities

* Nova – Center for Social Innovation, Spain * Nova Group (metros), multinational collection of metro systems focusing on international benchmarking, based in London, UK * NOVA-MBA Association, the global association of Italian MBAs

Science and technology

NOVA (filesystem) The NOVA (''non-volatile memory accelerated'') file system is an open-source, log-structured file system for byte-addressable persistent memory (for example non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) and 3D XPoint DIMMs) for Linux. NOVA is ...

, a Linux filesystem *

NOVA (food classification) The Nova classification ( pt, nova classificação, 'new classification') is a framework for grouping edible substances based on the extent and purpose of food processing applied to them. Researchers at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, propo ...

, system based on the nature, extent and purpose of industrial food processing *

Nova (laser) Nova was a high-power laser built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California, United States, in 1984 which conducted advanced inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments until its dismantling in 1999. Nova was the first ...

, high-power laser built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984 *

Nova (operating system) Nova is a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution launched in February 2009. It was developed in Havana at the University of Information Science (UCI) by students and professors to provide free and open-source software (FOSS) to inexperienced use ...

, a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution *

Nova (rocket) Nova was a series of NASA rocket designs that were proposed both before and after the Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program. Nova was NASA's first large launcher proposed in 1958, for missions similar to what Saturn V was subsequently us ...

, a series of proposed rocket designs *

NOνA A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

, a particle physics neutrino experiment in Fermilab *

Data General Nova The Data General Nova is a series of 16-bit minicomputers released by the American company Data General. The Nova family was very popular in the 1970s and ultimately sold tens of thousands of units. The first model, known simply as "Nova", was ...

, a minicomputer first built in 1969 * OpenStack Nova, a distributed computing component * Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by

CU Spaceflight CU Spaceflight is a student-run society at Cambridge University. It is founded with the aim of achieving access to space, with minimal financial expenses. The society is supported by the Cambridge-MIT Institute.SS ''Nova'', a Cypriot cargo ship in service 1969–1971 * Nova, a brand of train cars used by

TransPennine Express TransPennine Express (TPE), legally First TransPennine Express Limited, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major c ...

, a Canadian bus manufacturer

Airlines

Air Nova Air Nova was an airline based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada that became part of Air Canada Regional in 2001. In 2002 the merger of Air BC, Air Ontario, Air Nova and Canadian Regional Airlines was finalised with the launch of a new name and ...

, a Canadian airline from 1986 to 2001 *

Nova Airways Nova Airways, formerly Nova Airlines (from 2006 to 2011), is a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. Destinations Sudan *El Fasher - El Fasher Airport *El Obeid - El Obeid Airport *Geneina - Geneina Airport *Kassala - Kassala Airport *Kh ...

, a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan, founded in 2000

Cars

* Nova (kit car) *

Chevrolet Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

, an American car produced 1962–1979 and 1985–1988 *

Dacia Nova The Dacia Nova () is a subcompact/ supermini car manufactured by Romanian auto maker Dacia from 1995 to 2000. History The Dacia Nova was the first in-house developed Dacia model and it was intended to complement the Renault 12-based " Berlina" ...

, a Romanian car produced 1995–2000 *

Holden Nova The Holden Nova is a compact car that was produced by the Holden-Toyota alliance, known as United Australian Automobile Industries (UAAI) in Australia between August 1989 and 1996. The alliance, and therefore the car, was a result of the Button ...

, an Australian car produced 1989–1996 *

Lada Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

, a Russian car produced 1982–2015 *

Vauxhall Nova The Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982. Throughout its existence, it has been sold under a variety of other brands owned by General Motors (most notably Vauxhall, Chevrolet ...

, a British car produced 1982–1993

Schools

United States

Northern Virginia Community College Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC; informally known as NOVA) is a public community college composed of six campuses and four centers in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Northern Virginia Community College is the third-la ...

, Virginia, also known as NoVa *

Nova High School (Redding, California) Nova High School was a public high school based in Redding, California. It was a part of the Shasta Union High School District (along with Shasta High School, Enterprise High School and Central Valley High School) from 1967 until it closed in ...

, a public high school from 1967 to 1991 *

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 ...

, Florida *

Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University (NSU or, informally, Nova) is a private nonprofit research university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 14 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of study. ...

, Florida * The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington

Elsewhere

Nova (eikaiwa) Nova (formerly Nova Group) is a large eikaiwa school (private English teaching company) in Japan. It was by far the largest company of this type until its widely publicized collapse in October 2007. Before its bankruptcy, Nova employed approxim ...

, an English language conversation school in Japan *

NOVA University of Lisbon NOVA University Lisbon ( pt, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, ), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital c ...

, Portugal, also known as NOVA

Other uses

Benelli Nova The Benelli Nova is a pump action shotgun, used for hunting and self-defense. It has a one-piece receiver and buttstock, made of steel-reinforced polymer. Technical specifications Two main models are available as well as one variant. Hunting Th ...

, a pump-action shotgun *

Nova Institution for Women Nova Institution for Women (french: Établissement Nova pour femmes) is a Canadian federal prison for women in Truro, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime ...

, a Canadian federal women's prison * Nova Scotia salmon or Nova lox, a variant of lox

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