Are Supernovas Happening in the Milky Way?

There is this mystery, because it seems like we should be seeing these supernovas more often. Are they not happening in the Milky Way, or are we just not seeing them? Are they hiding it from us? Or maybe the Milky Way is super weird and doesn't make supernovas as often as other neighboring galaxies. We can learn by looking at all the other galaxies to try to get a sense for the rate of supernovas. For example, we saw one in 1987 that came from a large Magellanic cloud. This was one you could actually see with the naked eye, even though it wasn't in our galaxy.