Our First Glimpse of a Newborn Supernova? | SciShow News

A super bright flash in the sky might be the birth of a supernova remnant and it turns out there's more than one way to build a binary star system.

Host: Hank Green

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[Master_Therion]

1:35 "a lot of news outlets are selling this as way more definite"
Typical. They're milking this cow for all it's worth.

[brandyrose]

Great video Hank. Thanks for the *outstanding* swirly-hand visual aid of the perpendicular gas cloud.

[JorgetePanete]

**breaths in**
*_ASSUME A SPHERICAL COW_*

[illustriouschin]

I used to work at Taco Bell, don't tell me about the most powerful explosions in existence, I already know.

[matlowe]

Birth of a supernova?? Thats like watching a person dying of old age and as they're dying, saying "behold, the birth of a corpse!!".

[CapriUni]

"Newborn Supernova" ... Since a supernova is actually a _dying_ star, isn't that like saying "a newborn _ghost_ ?"

[aramdominternetuser]

"The COW didn't eject nearly as much stellar gas ... "

PLEASE tell me that was intentional..

[NewMessage]

So not so much a cow as a calf, really.

[unicornswag]

Can this cow produce enough whey to satisfy my insatiable appetite for protein powder?

[sebastianelytron]

If the Cow doesn't have enough milk for its newborn, it is always welcome to our galaxy!

[Waltham]

Super Novas aren't the most powerful explosions known to man.

My Sicilian Grandmother holds that distinction.

[europeansovietunion]

We finally find the cow in the milky way.

[racefrazier]

I'm watching this while eating dinner. When you said "Not backwards but perpendicularly 3:02" some whiskey nearly came out my nose.

[chazeverlastt]

I really Enjoy your Videos Hank !! Some of the Best !!

[greenbuff]

So cute, things being born, can't wait until heat death comes

[fisadev]

The mythical spherical cow in a vacuum

[TheMrHawkk]

My girlfriend and I were in Maui at this time and it was very obvious to the naked eye. The brightest thing in the sky barring the moon. We saw it pretty much every night we were there. I was completely fascinated by it and I was sure it was some sort of supernova or the likes. I was very disappointed when I got home and there was nothing on the news about it. I guess I didn't realize it would take this long to make an announcement. I think I actually have pictures of it. I'm going to have to go through my album. This is fascinating. I am nerding out pretty hard atm.

[tawon]

3:48 That sounds like a Sega Genesis code 🎮

[FelipeKana]

That binary system must certainly have a few amazing spots for future turism photography... Imagine those sunsets and sunrises....

[animistchannel]

The goldilocks zone around the perpendicular "Yo-Yo" stars is going to be really interesting. I'm also thinking whoever evolves there would have some great fodder for their mythology, and some complicated seasonal patterns. Maybe we should call it the Accordion System, and name the main life-bearing planet "AL." Yes, you can call it AL. Of course, that could lead to other developments, like if there's a special energy signature or interlaced spectral effects, that could be named "Yankovic radiation."