Practice Makes Perfect: Getting Ready for the Next Galactic Supernova

Professor Dan Milisavljevic (Purdue University) will review and update plans for a coordinated global response to the next supernova in our Milky Way galaxy. The first alert that the “Big One” has happened will come from the Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS), which is a network of neutrino detectors around the world. The neutrinos will arrive minutes to hours ahead of the first photons, which gives observers little time to locate and monitor the star as the explosion is happening.