What If a Supernova Exploded Close to Earth?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that’s no diamond in the sky. That looks like a supernova. As much as we love to blow stuff up here on Earth, no bombs or pyrotechnics could compare to the incredible force of nature’s biggest explosion, the supernova. As a star reaches its grand finale and explodes, what would happen to life on Earth if we were close by? How far away from a supernova are we considered safe? Could anything survive its deadly radiation? What makes supernovae valuable to us?
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@Johnnynotdeep
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Anyone waiting for this in 2026?
@syedasadullah8934
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
What if the earth it self did a supernova
Just joking😅😅
@Kristoff_Blocksmith
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
What if humans went supernova at the end of their lives?
@asanseil5553
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Run for your life, now. Don't stop. Run in fear.
@Catnapmovies636
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
my what-if,what if the vacuum decay happens in 24 hour later?
@pamelaanddeantorigoe1142
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Very informative…Thank you. Though, if the star went supernova at about 30 light years from the Earth, does that mean we have about 30 years before our planet got hit?
@oreally8605
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Why does the narrator talk to us like we're five?
@romansukac4271
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
useless video
@tyagidharmendra
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The sun is to small to go supernova so sleep well
@Ama-hi5kn
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Hypothetically if there was to be a supernova explosion close to Earth, the preceding intense radiation effects would kill us all before the blast wave hits us.
@FajarAnwari-wq9bl
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
sususu suvernova
@Smallnerf
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
WW 3 oh yeah It's true
@CruelBacon_
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
to answer the question of your title in under 10 seconds… we would die instantly…
@bazglasgow7292
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
😂 this is funny and scary😂
@al-hidayah7811
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Al-Qur'an
Verse (55:37)
"And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil"
@Mongolia655
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Nah the start
@EonTide1111
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Our solar system is stated as being 20 million years ago at the beginning ???? The earth is over 4 billion years old
@Green-s1y
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
What If: You saw a supernova in your dream?
@badpiggies988
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
This would gravely affect the fish population
@selvacse4374
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Super nove
@Airlinerscargoplanes204
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 pm
3:48 what was that
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