Getting Ready for the Next Galactic Supernova @AAVSOHQ

Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Professor Dan Milisavljevic (Purdue University) reviews the plans for a coordinated global response to the next supernova in our Milky Way galaxy. The first alert that the “Big One” has happened will come from the Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS), which is a network of neutrino detectors around the world. The neutrinos will arrive minutes to hours ahead of the first photons, which gives observers little time to locate and monitor the star as the explosion is happening.

*Timestamps:*
00:00 Opening announcements
03:39 Introduction - Bert Pablo
05:04 Presentation - Dan Milisavljevic
53:10 Presentation - George Silvas
00:00 Audience members share their AAVSO stories
1:12:20 Closing announcements

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