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[Interview+] We Don't See Supernovae In The Milky Way. Nobody Knows Why
Published 3Â months, 1Â week ago
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🟣 Guest: Dr. John Banovetz https://www.bnl.gov/world/
📜 Uncovering the Next Galactic Supernova with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.12094
We should be getting 1-2 supernovae per century in a galaxy like the Milky Way. Yet, the last one observed was about 1000 years ago? Where are all the galactic supernovae? Why don't we see enough of them. Can Vera Rubin help? Finding out in this interview.
00:00 Intro
01:41 Supernovae in the Milky Way
09:33 Why don't we see the supernovae
13:32 Vera Rubin 24:37 Working with the data pipeline
39:10 Current obsessions
41:08 Final thoughts