Supernova Quotes

While this detector is smaller than those envisioned for the future, it's been in operation for a decade or two, so it actually stands a good chance of having detected the first neutrino from an identified supernova beyond the Milky Way and its closest companions. - John Beacom

We've thought for some time that supernova explosions can give a kick to the resulting neutron star, but the latest computer models of this process have not produced speeds anywhere near what we see in this object. This means that the models need to be checked, and possibly corrected, to account for our observations. - Shami Chatterjee

We know that supernova explosions can give a kick to the resulting neutron star, but the tremendous speed of this object pushes the limits of our current understanding. This discovery is very difficult for the latest models of supernova core collapse to explain. - Shami Chatterjee

We are also planning further studies to better estimate the population of these objects and whether their existence challenges current supernova rate estimates. - Maura McLaughlin

This star has everything going on at once: it forms a black hole, has a gamma-ray burst, and then a supernova. - Paul O'Brien

These planetary systems, if they do form and exist, are short lived because these massive stars explode as supernovae. So it's amazing that the raw material for planets could be found in such a hostile environment. - Joel Kastner

The observations indicate that this is an incredibly rare glimpse of an initial gamma-ray burst at the beginning of a supernova. - Peter Brown

The formation of our own Sun and planets probably was heavily influenced, if not triggered, by a nearby supernova explosion. - Jay Lockman

'Star Wars' is such a phenomenal global supernova that anything that gets said about it becomes kind of fact and gospel, and then taken by the legions of fans who are so excited to have more 'Star Wars,' that they roll off on all sorts of flights of fancy. - Seth Green