Supernova counter

[ritwik]

2000 -For the year 2000, 185 supernovae and 7 extragalactic novae were reported.

2001 -For the year 2001, 304 supernovae and 15 extragalactic novae were reported.

2002 -For the year 2002, 340 supernovae and 9 extragalactic novae were reported.

2003 -For the year 2003, 376 supernovae and 27 extragalactic novae were reported.

2004 -For the year 2004, 323 supernovae and 30 extragalactic novae were reported.

2005 -For the year 2005, 377 supernovae and 21 extragalactic novae were reported.

2006 -For the year 2006, 554 supernovae and 35 extragalactic novae were reported.

2007 -For the year 2007, 579 supernovae and 38 extragalactic novae were reported.

2008 -For the year 2008, 429 supernovae and 44 extragalactic novae were reported.

2009 -For the year 2009, 474 supernovae and 36 extragalactic novae were reported.

2010 -For the year 2010, 566 supernovae and 45 extragalactic novae were reported.

2011 -For the year 2011, 905 supernovae and 38 extragalactic novae were reported.

2012 -For the year 2012, 823 supernovae and 44 extragalactic novae were reported and counting

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[Beyond]

Hmm... according to ritwik's posted supernova counter, it would seem like "space" is getting closer to blowing-up in our faces.

[Ann]

Image: NASA

Maybe the astronomical community has just gotten better at tracking these titanic but tiny-looking explosions (tiny-looking because most of them are so far away).

I haven't tried to find out the name of this double-supernova galaxy or how far away it is, but if the picture hadn't been annotated, finding the supernovae in it would have been a little like looking for two needles in a haystack!


Ann