List of stellar explosion types

• Nova
• Kilonova
• supernova
• * Type Ia supernova
• * Type Ib and Ic supernovae
• * Type II supernova
• * Superluminous supernova
• * Pair-instability supernova
• Hypernova
• Supernova impostor, stellar explosions that appear similar to supernova, but do not destroy their progenitor stars
• * Failed supernova
• Luminous red nova, an explosion thought to be caused by stellar collision
• Solar flares are a minor type of stellar explosion
• Tidal disruption event, the pulling apart of a star by tidal forces