SuperNova Early Warning System

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title: SuperNova Early Warning System
text: The SuperNova Early Warning System (SNEWS) is a network of neutrino detectors designed to give early warning to astronomers in the event of a supernova in the Milky Way, our home galaxy, or in a nearby galaxy such as the Large Magellanic Cloud or the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. As of March 2021, SNEWS has not issued any supernova alerts. This is unsurprising, as supernovae appear to be rare: the most recent known supernova remnant in the Milky Way was around the turn of the 20th century, and the m
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description: Network of neutrino detectors for alerting astronomers to nearby supernovae
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperNova_Early_Warning_System
date created: 2005-09-07T01:03:02Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T06:04:43Z
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