the.com/cosmic explosion
the universe's way of dying loudly enough to birth everything else.
means a catastrophic release of energy from a star or stellar remnant, from novae to gamma-ray bursts, that reshapes space around it.
from from cosmos, greek for order or universe, paired with explosion; ironic since these blasts look like chaos but actually forge the heavy elements that make ordered matter, planets, people, possible.
gold sourceforged in neutron star collisions, not supernovae alone
brightest kindgamma-ray bursts outshine entire galaxies briefly
speed recordsome ejecta hit near light speed instantly
you are stardustyour calcium came from an exploded star
for instance
sn 1987a — visible supernova in the large magellanic cloud, 1987
grb 190114c — first gamma-ray burst caught emitting teraelectronvolt photons, 2019
crab nebula — remnant of a supernova chinese astronomers logged in 1054
gw170817 — neutron star merger detected in gravitational waves and light, 2017