A supernova is one of the most luminous and powerful astronomical events, marking the catastrophic explosion of a massive star or the runaway nuclear fusion of a compact object like a white dwarf. These explosions release staggering amounts of energy and radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Depending on the mechanism—whether it results from the core collapse of a star exceeding a certain mass threshold or a thermonuclear event on the surface of a dense star—the resultant material disperses into space, enriching the interstellar medium with elements heavier than those initially present in the star. The extreme temperatures and pressures involved in the event provide crucial observational opportunities for studying stellar evolution and the nucleosynthesis processes that formed elements essential to planetary and life systems.