... News . ... Advertiser Links . ... New findings show some type Ia supernovae linked to novae . ... While similar shells of material had been seen before in a handful of type Ia supernovae, their origin was debated, and they had never before been firmly linked to novae. ... Since a type Ia supernova is thought to occur when the white dwarf grows in mass until it canт??t grow any further, many astronomers concluded that novae could not produce type Ia supernovae. ... Could novae explain all supernovae?...