In the beginning, there was a supernova,

[Rhea]

The apod.nasa.gov picture of the day for 9/19/2019 discusses a supernova that would have been visible tk the earth 5000 years ago. This and earlier celestial events would have been astonishing to early humans. But for now, just admiring the lively pictures from telescopes.

 

[repoman]

Fuck, the archive on mobile has the links being totally non reactive to clicks. What the fuck?

Anyway this is the link:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190919.html