So, supernovae are quite a sight, but none have been observed in the Milky Way as long as man has been scanning the skies with telescopes. Which is strange, since the statistics say that there should be a supernova about every fifty years. Several massive stars that we see, like Betelgeuse or the famous Eta Carinae are bound to go supernova relatively soon . . . unfortunately, in astronomical terms this could be tomorrow, or several thousand years from now.