A nova is an exploding star.
Nova or NOVA may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities Nova (fairy), in the American TV series Once Upon a Time Nova (Planet of the Apes), a character in Planet of the Apes Nova (StarCraft), a fictional character in the StarCraft series and Heroes of the Storm Nova (Frankie Raye), a Marvel Comics superhero and a Herald of Galactus Nova (Richard Rider), a Marvel Comics superhero, the original Nova and leader of the Nova Corps Nova (Sam Alexander), a Marvel Comics superhero, the teenage member of the Nova Corps Nova Bright, a character from the movie Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires Nova Forrester, a character in Star Blazers Nova (Ultra monster) Nova 6, a biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops NOVA, in Kirby Super Star Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character Nova, a Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! character Weapon of Mass Destruction Nova, in Mirai Sentai Timeranger Nova Terron, a supporting character in Mysticons NOVA Laboratories, fictional company that developed the S.A.I.N.T. robots in Short Circuit (1986 film) Nova, a character in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated Mira Nova, a character in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Gaming 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, UK science fiction award The Nova Trilogy, a series of novels by William S. Burroughs Nova (Brazilian magazine), a monthly women's magazine Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine (1965–75) Nova Science Fiction, a Swedish magazine for science fiction Nova (tabloid), a weekly Indonesian tabloid
Music Artists Nova (Bangladeshi band), a psychedelic, progressive and hard rock band, formed in 1986 Nova (Dutch band), an electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as Peru Nova (Italian band), a progressive rock/jazz fusion band, formed in 1975 Nova (Swedish band), a pop music band that participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Albums and songs Nova (Atargatis album), 2007 Nova (Rajaton album), 2000 Nova (RL Grime album), 2018 "Nova" (The Sound of Arrows song), by The Sound of Arrows
Film Nova (film), a 2023 Israeli documentary film
Radio Deutschlandfunk Nova, a German radio station Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations Nova M Radio, an American radio network Radio Nova (disambiguation), the name of several radio stations
Television Nova TV (disambiguation), the name of several television channels Nova (Dutch TV program), a current-events program Nova (American TV program), a science documentary series
Businesses and organizations Companies Nova (Greece), a media and telecommunications company Nova (Iceland), a telecommunications company Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer Nova Measuring Instruments, a provider of semiconductor manufacturing equipment Nova Chemicals, a Canadian petrochemical company Nova Energy, a division of Todd Corporation Nova Entertainment, an Australian company Nova Performance Paragliders, an Austrian aircraft manufacturer Nova Press, a French media company Nova Studios, gay pornographic film studio Nova Systems, who run the Nova Systems Space Precinct in Peterborough, South Australia Elavon Inc., formerly NOVA, a processor of card transactions and a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp
Political parties New Majority (Slovakia) New Serb Democracy, Montenegro New Party (Serbia) Nova–New Future, a Spanish party associated with Sobiranistes
Schools Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, U.S., also known as NoVa Nova High School (Redding, California), U.S., a public high school from 1967 to 1991 Nova High School, Florida, U.S. Nova Southeastern University, Florida, U.S. The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington, U.S. Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S., informally known as Nova Villanova Wildcats, the school's athletic program also known by the informal nickname
Other organisations 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 Nova Institution for Women, a Canadian federal women's prison National Organization for Victim Advocacy, American victims' rights group
People Given name and mononym Nova (given name), including a list of people with the name Nova (singer), a Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop singer, part of duo Nova & Jory Nova (wrestler), ring name of American pro wrestler Mike Bucci Nova (activist), twentieth-century gay liberation activist Nova, stage name of Shaheeda Sinckler, winner of the 2020 Scottish Album of the Year Award
Surname Aldo Nova (born 1956), Canadian musician Debi Nova, stage name of Costa Rican singer-songwriter Deborah Nowalski Kader (born 1980) Erika Nõva (1905–1987), Estonian architect Heather Nova (born 1967), Bermudan singer, songwriter and poet Iván Nova (born 1987), Dominican baseball player Stella Nova (1960–2010), British guitarist
Places Nova, Hungary Nova, East Azerbaijan, Iran Nova, Semnan, Iran Nova, Cherepovetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia Nova, Ohio, U.S. Northern Virginia, U.S. Nova, Africa, former Ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see Nõva (disambiguation), several places in Estonia Nova Mine, in Western Australia
Computing Data General Nova, a minicomputer first built in 1969 NOVA (filesystem), a Linux filesystem Nova (operating system), a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution OpenStack Nova, a distributed computing component Nova, a web development application made by Panic Inc. Nova Launcher, an Android launcher
Science Nova, a sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star. Nova classification, a taxonomy of foodstuffs Nova (laser), built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984 NOvA, a particle physics neutrino experiment in Fermilab
Transportation and vehicular
Automotive Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer
Cars Nova (kit car), a kit car developed by Automotive Design and Development Dacia Nova, a Romanian supermini liftback Lada Nova, a Russian compact car sold in Germany Various automobiles marketed by General Motors: Chevrolet Nova, an American passenger car Holden Nova, an Australian compact car based on the Toyota Corolla Vauxhall Nova, a British supermini
Spaceflight Intuitive Machines Nova-series of lunar landers, see Intuitive Machines Nova-C Stoke Space Nova, a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by Stoke Space Nova (NASA rocket), a series of proposed NASA rocket designs in the 1960s
Aviation Air Nova, a Canadian airline Nova Air, an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico Nova Airways, a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan Nova Airlines AB, operating as Novair, a former Swedish airline Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight
Other uses in transportation SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship Nova, a brand of train cars used by TransPennine Express
Other uses Benelli Nova, a pump-action shotgun Huawei Nova, smartphone model by Huawei Nova, a person lookup tool created by Flock Safety Nova music festival massacre Nova Scotia salmon or Nova lox, a variant of lox
See also
Novum (plural Nova), scientifically plausible innovations used by science fiction narratives Novak, a surname and a given name Novae (disambiguation) Novas (disambiguation)
Nõva (disambiguation) Nove (disambiguation) Novi (disambiguation) Novo (disambiguation) Novus (disambiguation) Novy (disambiguation)