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== History ==
A supernova which occurred [[half a million years ago|six hundred thousand years prior]], during the [[Age of Makto]], was responsible for the fall of the [[Tkon Empire]]. ({{TNG|The Last Outpost}})

[[Phi Puma]] went supernova some time before [[2165]]. ({{TNG|The Naked Now}}, display graphic)

[[File:Supernova database entry, 2236.jpg|thumb|Young Michael Burnham studies up on supernovas, 2236]]
In [[2236]], [[Alpha Lupi]] went supernova. As part of the [[Daedalus Project]], [[Section 31]] stationed [[Mike Burnham|Mike]] and [[Gabrielle Burnham]] at the nearby [[outpost]] [[Doctari Alpha]] so they could harness the energy for experiments with the [[red angel]] suit. They were believed killed in a [[Klingon]] terror raid, and for years after, [[Michael Burnham|their daughter]] believed that she had caused her parents' death by convincing them to remain to witness the supernova rather than go on [[vacation]] to [[Mars]]. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?|The Red Angel|Perpetual Infinity}})

In [[2267]], [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]], after being given a [[tranquilizer]] that removed his fear, claimed that "''with a armful of this stuff, I wouldn't be afraid of a supernova.''" ({{TOS|Wolf in the Fold}})

In [[2269]], [[Beta Niobe]] went supernova, resulting in the destruction of planet [[Sarpeidon]]. Its inhabitants had been aware that this was going to happen for a long time, and had evacuated. The ''Enterprise''{{'}}s crew, having calculated the time of the event in advance, observed the supernova. ({{TOS|All Our Yesterdays}})
{{bginfo|Beta Niobe was only specified to be a supernova in {{e|The Counter-Clock Incident}}, where it appears as a structure similar to a [[supernova remnant]]. In "All Our Yesterdays", it was described simply as a {{dis|nova|star}}, a term ''Trek'' has often used a synonym for supernova, but which is also a phenomenon in itself.}}

In [[2364]], a star in the [[Beta Magellan system]] exploded releasing a supernova and a [[subspace shock wave]]. The shock wave released an electromagnetic pulse, resulting in main computer failure on [[Bynaus]]. The [[Bynar]]s stole {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} with {{Captain}} [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and [[Commander]] [[William Riker|Riker]] still on board. Picard and Riker managed to get the system rebooted and returned the ''Enterprise'' to [[Starbase 74]]. ({{TNG|11001001}})

[[File:Beta Stromgren nova.jpg|thumb|Beta Stromgren goes supernova]]
In [[2366]], the star [[Beta Stromgren]] exploded as a supernova. The last stages of the star's life were observed by the ''Enterprise''-D while making [[first contact]] with the [[spaceborne creature]] [[Gomtuu]], which, also aware of the impending event, had come there to die. ({{TNG|Tin Man}})

In [[2370]], [[Jadzia Dax]] warned [[Gideon Seyetik]] that his plan to use [[protomatter]] to re-ignite the [[dead star]] [[Epsilon 119]] might inadvertently unleash a supernova instead. Seyetik brushed this off, quipping that "nothing of any worth was ever created by a pessimist." The star was re-ignited successfully. ({{DS9|Second Sight}})

In [[2373]], the [[Q Civil War]] caused hazardous repercussions throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, including "galactic crossfire" in the form of supernovae. At least three supernovae went off within three days in a single sector of the [[Delta Quadrant]]. It was explained to [[Chakotay]], by {{dis|Q|female|a female Q}}, that "''each time [one of these stars] implodes, a [[negative density false vacuum]] is created, which actually sucks the surrounding matter into the Continuum.''" The crew of ''Voyager'', acting on information provided by the female Q, used the explosion of one of these supernovae to enter the Continuum themselves in order to rescue [[Q]] and Captain [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]. ({{VOY|The Q and the Grey}})

Several weeks later, in the [[Alpha Quadrant]], a [[Changeling]] posing as [[Doctor]] {{dis|Julian Bashir|Changeling}} attempted to trigger a supernova in the [[Bajoran sun]] using [[trilithium]], [[tekasite]], and [[protomatter]]. The [[Founder]] was stopped by [[Kira Nerys]], [[Jadzia Dax]], and the crew of the {{USS|Defiant|2370}}. ({{DS9|By Inferno's Light}})

When Janeway requested [[arithrazine]] from [[The Doctor]] in [[2374]], he asked her if she was planning to "''stroll through a supernova.''" ({{VOY|The Omega Directive}})

On [[First Contact Day]] in [[2385]], [[Mrs.]] [[K]] taught her [[stellar cartography]] class at [[WSA]] about supernovae. ({{ST|Children of Mars}})

[[File:Romulus Destroyed in 2387.jpg|thumb|right|The Romulan supernova]]
In [[2387]], the [[Romulan sun]] threatened to go supernova, endangering the [[galaxy]]. [[Ambassador]] [[Spock]] prepared an attempt to stop the supernova by using [[red matter]] to create a [[black hole]], which he hoped would consume the supernova. Before he could enact this plan, however, the star exploded and destroyed [[Romulus]]. Spock still used the red matter to stop the supernova after Romulus was gone, but this led to the creation of the [[alternate reality]]. ''In [[2258]] of the alternate reality, Spock used a [[mind meld]] to demonstrate the supernova event to the alternate {{alt|James T. Kirk}}.'' ({{film|11}}, {{PIC|Remembrance}})

{{bginfo|The ''Star Trek: Picard'' press kit {{trekcore|s=picard|gallery/thumbnails.php?album{{=}}45}} states that Admiral Picard was ordered to leave the ''Enterprise'' in [[2381]] to assist the Romulan people "during their time of great crisis". This might indicate that the impending supernova had been known at least since then.|In ''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]'', the official {{comic}} prequel to ''Star Trek'', and in ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', the star which went supernova and destroyed Romulus was not the Romulan sun but rather a neighboring star called Hobus. It was explained that the Hobus supernova was unlike any previously seen: as the supernova grew, it converted [[mass]] into [[energy]], which increased its power and allowed it to expand. As a result, its threat reached beyond the Hobus system and potentially the entire galaxy. ''STO'' further revealed that the nova was caused by an [[Iconian]] weapon employed by subverted elements of the [[Tal Shiar]], led by [[Taris]] and {{mb|Hakeev}}. This account was eventually superseded by canon: {{e|Remembrance}} establishes that it was the Romulan sun which exploded.|In the shooting script of {{film|1}}, the [[Star Trek films|film]] would have begun in deep space. The camera would focus in on a white star in a [[star system]] "''&hellip;suddenly changing, brightening, flaring unbelievable intensity: supernova.''" After pausing briefly as witness to this celestial event, the camera would move on, searching for ''[[V'ger]]''. ''{{st-minutiae|resources/scripts/tmp.txt}}''}}