Supernova

== 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}})

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 at the 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 evacuaed. 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.}}

Later that year, 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 [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] and [[William Riker|Riker]] still on board. Captain 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 {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} while making [[first contact]] with the [[Spaceborne entity]] [[Gomtuu]], which, also aware of the impending event, had come there to die. ({{TNG|Tin Man}})

In [[2373]], the [[Q Civil War]] caused hazardous repercussions throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, including "galactic crossfire" in the form of supernovas. 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}})

In [[2387]], [[supernova of 2387|a supernova]] threatened the [[galaxy]]. [[Ambassador]] [[Spock]] prepared an attempt 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 supernova 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}})

{{bginfo|In ''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]'', the official [[comics|comic book]] prequel to ''Star Trek'', the star which went supernova and destroyed Romulus was called the Hobus star. 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.|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 unbelieavable 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}}''}}