Supernovae in fiction

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In works of fiction, supernovae are often used as plot devices.

  • In the Star Trek universe, trilithium-based weapons can cause stars to go supernova by inhibiting their fusion processes.[1]
  • In the Star Wars universe, the Sun Crusher can cause stars to go supernova with its resonance torpedoes.[2] In addition, Centerpoint Station can cause Supernovae.
  • In the Superman films, the planet Krypton is destroyed by its sun Rao going supernova.[citation needed]
  • In the Justice League episode Eclipsed, some League members, under mind control, steal an anti-fusion device, intending to make the Sun go supernova.
  • In the 2000 film Supernova, the crew of the Nightingale is threatened by a blue giant that can explode at any moment;[3] the star is later destroyed, but by a 9th-dimensional bomb rather than a supernova.
  • The 2005 film Supernova deals with the possibility of the Sun exploding.[4]
  • The Futurama episode Roswell That Ends Well involves the main characters being sent back in time after radiation from a nearby supernova interacts with radiation produced by metal being heated in the ship's microwave.[5]
  • The Algae Planet in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series is destroyed by its star going nova.[6]
  • In the PC-game FreeSpace 2, the crucial Battle of Capella ends in the explosion of the star in a supernova.

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  1. ^ Okuda, Michael; Okuda, Denise; Drexler, Doug; Mirek, Debbie (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future. Pocket Books. ISBN 0671034758. 
  2. ^ Slavicsek, Bill (2000). A Guide to the Star Wars Universe. Ballantine Publishing Group. ISBN 0345420667. 
  3. ^ van Gelder, Lawrence. Supernova (2000). The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  4. ^ Southern, Nathan. Supernova (2005). The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  5. ^ Roswell That Ends Well. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  6. ^ Potter, Tiffany; Marshall, C. W. (2008). Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica. Continuum. ISBN 0826428487.