Is it possible to hear a supernova explode?

If you were immortal (or Superman), and you were right there inside the star, you could hear it just fine, and you could hear the Supernova, as the medium is the gases themselves as they contract and then explode. read more

Grab your pedantry tinfoil helmet and say the following in your best “Comic Book Guy” voice: “Don’t be ridiculous. Space does not have sound effects. You would not hear the Death Star exploding. That is wrong.” There are no sounds in space. read more

Eta Carinae is quite likely to blow any moment, unless it squirms out of it somehow, as supernova candidates have a disappointing habit of doing. Being a binary, there are more escape routes open to it. read more