Is A Kilonova Bigger Than A Supernova?
Is A Kilonova Bigger Than A Supernova? The term kilonova was introduced by Metzger et al. in 2010 to characterize the peak brightness, which they showed reaches 1000 times that of a classical nova. They are 1⁄10 to 1⁄100 the brightness of a typical supernova, the self-detonation of a massive star. Which is stronger a