Imagine a nearby star that had an advanced civilization on it that saw this slow motion explosion heading their way.
961 years ago for us but maybe 100 years or less. What would or could they do to survive?
I guess they would have been killed off by the gamma rays or turned into Green Hulks....
Gamma ray burst equivalent of a million trillion suns.
Approx 4:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnHO0B0hfA
Or gotten spiderman powers.