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Super Nova Early Warning System Events App

28 June 2023 by Megan Boettcher

Interested in being among the first to know when a new supernova lights up the night sky? The SNEWS (Super Nova Early Warning System) Events App can help with that. The app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snews-events/id1635008227), which can be downloaded from the App Store, isn’t just for bragging rights, but to help amateur astronomers and multi-messenger astronomy collect observations of the earliest phases of a supernova. Supernovae are unpredictable and could occur at any time. But don’t hold your breath: a new supernova appears in the sky on average only a few times per century. For more information, contact Dr. Barry Pointon, convener of the SNEWS Outreach Taskgroup.

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