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I also recall hearing (can't remember where) that just as the theory for
planetary system formation was losing ground, one of the spiral galaxies
exhibited a nova (or supernova?), which scientists of the time thought was
the central star for the planetary system lighting up. It set back the
"island universe" theory for a while.