Does life exist in supernovas?

Question

While I was explaining about space objects to my 7 year old son, I told him that, the world we live and the planats were formed the big bang/supernova.

He asked me the question "Does life exist in supernovas"
I had no answer at that time and even now...
Thanks for all sending a response and your views

Answer 1

Actually, the very first confirmed extrasolar planets were discovered in orbit around a pulsar, which is the cinder left after a supernova explosion. They are not super Jupiters; they are close to the Earth in mass and close to their "sun" in orbit (although the pulsar does not put out much heat).

But the planets most likely formed after the supernova from the left-overs, and conditions on the planets are pretty harsh; close to absolute zero and screaming levels of radiation.

Probably not conductive to life.... as we know it.

Answer 2

Of course not! A supernova is an exploding star -- it makes the largest hydrogen bombs look like a firecracker. A supernova event is so bright that it will outshine the combined effect of 100 million other stars in a galaxy. NOTHING can survive that; the solar system would be blown to smithereens.

Fortunately, the Sun is nowhere near large enough to ever go supernova. Also fortunately, supernova events in the early universe created heavy elements, which allowed Earth to form and also allowed life to start here. Without those elements, life could not exist.

Answer 3

Life as we know it cannot exist within a few lightyears of a supernova. The explosion releases 100 times more energy than our sun will in its entire 10 billion year lifetime. Supernovas do release a lot of heavy elements into space, however, which are necessary for life on other planets. Carbon and oxygen are created in large stars that go supernova and spread this stuff into the rest of the universe.

Answer 4

No. Supernovas are a stage in the death of a star, where the gases in the outer layers are released in a huge explosion. A star like the sun (a main sequence star, the most common) is composed of plasma, which is molten, not solid, and at the core is about 15 million degrees. Even on the surface, our sun is approximately 5800 degrees, which is much too hot for anything living to survive.

Answer 5

No.
A supernova is the last stage of a star. It is the death of a star, which is converted to a white dwarf/pulsar/magnetar etc. or to a black hole.

If there was any life, it would be on planets orbiting the star; however, any life on those planets would be doomed as the material and the energy ejected during a supernova explosion would end any life on those planets.

Answer 6

That would be a definite "no." They merely create some of the more complex building blocks of life...namely, all chemical elements heavier than iron. Our sun and solar system is made of elements that were forged in a supernova explosion. As Carl Sagan once said, "We are star stuff."

Elements such as zinc (an essentrial trace nutrient for humans), gold, silver, mercury, and many others can only be created by a supernova explosion.

Answer 7

I don't think so. Because it is just a big explosion. But there are some possibilities.

Actually it depends on what kind of supernova it is. Life is so confusing.

Answer 8

common people - think out of the box! remember when our tiny brains says no life form can live/survive in volcanic environment and the discovery of volcanic-based microorganism prove otherwise. Have we not ever learn from the past. Bottom line: life can exist in ANY environment regardless of the defination of "extreme or harsh" environment set by our / human view points. remember the old saying: one man's meat is another man's poison :-D.

Answer 9

No,life could not exist in a super nova but life could not exist without one.
A super nova initiated the formation of our solar system and us.

Answer 10

if i had to chose an answer i would say yes because lack of evidence does not prove lack of existance.