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Edward Aycock
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Posted: 06 December 2025 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Hey, if there was ever a time for the Silver Age to begin it would be RIGHT NOW.  

Supernova Blast Hits Passenger Jet, Cosmic Ray Mystery Plane Drop | WION



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John Byrne
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Posted: 07 December 2025 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
The idea that a supernova can generate more light than an entire galaxy is intriguing and terrifying. What happens on planets orbiting stars that are “next door” to the explosion. Is life on the hemisphere facing the blast blinded?

Depends on what they use for eyes, I guess!

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Andrew Bitner
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I thought I'd read some time ago that a supernova in "our neighborhood" could be an extinction-level event, given how much radiation it would emit. So it could well be that entire civilizations have been erased by the death of nearby stars.
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Posted: 07 December 2025 at 7:19pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
At least one of Earth’s ELEs is attributed to a possible super nova, tho I would have thought there would be remnants.
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