A nova is an exploding star.
Nova or NOVA may also refer to:
Nova, Africa, former Ancient city and Roman bishopric, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see
Nõva (disambiguation), several places in Estonia
Nova, Hungary
Nova, East Azerbaijan
Nova, Semnan
Nova, Ohio
Northern Virginia
N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, a 2009 video game
Nova (Sam Alexander), a Marvel Comics Superhero, the teenage member of the Nova Corps
Nova (fairy), 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 (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 (Ultra monster)
Nova, a Magic Knight Rayearth character
Nova, the radar operator aboard the spaceship Argo from the U.S. adaptation of the Japanese anime series Star Blazers
Cassandra Nova, a Marvel Comics villain
Nova 6, a fictional biochemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Nova Satori, a Robotech character
Nova Terra, a Starcraft character
Prime Nova, a Transformers character
Nova (novel), by Samuel R. Delany
Nova 1 through Nova 4, anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison
The Nova Trilogy, a series of novels by William S. Burroughs
Nova (Bangladeshi band), a psychedelic, progressive and hard rock band in Bangladesh, formed in 1986 in Dhaka
Nova (Dutch band), a Dutch electronic music band featuring Rob Papen, also known as Peru
Nova (Italian band), 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
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" (Ahrix song), 2016
Nova (magazine), a monthly feminine magazine published by Abril and part of the international Cosmopolitan group
Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine, 1965–75
Nova (radio network), a group of Australian radio stations
Nova M Radio, an American radio network
Radio Nova (disambiguation), several radio stations
Nova (TV channel), Spanish private television channel owned by Atresmedia
Nova TV (disambiguation), various stations
TV Nova (Czech Republic), Czech private television channel owned by CME
Nova (Dutch TV series), a current-events program
Nova (TV series), an American science series
Nova – Center for Social Innovation
Nova Group (metros), a group of small to medium-sized metro rail systems in the Community of Metros
NOVA-MBA Association, the global association of Italian MBAs
Nova Information Systems, former name of credit card transaction firm Elavon
Air Nova, a Canadian airline from 1986 to 2001
Nova Airways, a passenger airline based in Khartoum, Sudan, founded in 2000
Nova Bus, a Canadian bus manufacturer
Nova Chemicals, a company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NOVA Entertainment, an Australian company
New Majority (Slovakia), a Slovakian political party
New Serb Democracy, a Montenegrin political party
Science and technology
Nova (laser), high-power laser built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1984
Nova (operating system), a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution
Nova (rocket), a series of proposed rocket designs
Nova, a high-altitude ballooning project by CU Spaceflight
NOνA, a particle physics neutrino experiment in Fermilab
Data General Nova, a minicomputer first built in 1969
OpenStack Nova, a distributed computing component
NOVA (filesystem), a Linux filesystem
Nova (kit car)
Chevrolet Nova, an American car produced 1962–1979 and 1985–1988
Dacia Nova, a Romanian car produced 1995–2000
Holden Nova, an Australian car produced 1989–1996
Lada Nova, a Russian car produced 1982–present
Vauxhall Nova, a British car produced 1982–1993
Nova (eikaiwa), an English language conversation school in Japan
New University of Lisbon, Portugal, also known as Nova
Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia, also known as NoVa
Nova High School (Redding, California), a public high school from 1967 to 1991
Nova High School, Florida
Nova Southeastern University, Florida
The Nova Project, an alternative high school in Washington
Villanova University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sometimes referred to as 'Nova
Villanova Wildcats, the school's sports teams, also sometimes called 'Nova
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
NŌVA (born 1995), Canadian singer-songwriter
Nova Peris (born 1971), Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician
Aldo Nova (born 1956), Canadian musician
Anna Nova (born 1975), German pornographic actress
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
Nova Pilbeam (1919-2015), British actress
Benelli Nova, a pump action shotgun
Nova Institution for Women, a Canadian federal women's prison
Nova Scotia salmon or Nova lox, a variant of lox
SS Nova, a Cypriot cargo ship in service 1969–1971
