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From Spaceweather.com <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By DR.TONY PHILLIPS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 7, 2024:\u00a0<\/strong>The night sky is about to get a new star. Sometime this summer, astronomers believe, a nova will explode in the constellation Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown). The exploding star will be bright enough to see with the naked eye even from light-polluted cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above:<\/em>\u00a0A NASA artist\u2019s concept of the T CrB binary star system<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime event,\u201d says Rebekah Hounsell of NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center. \u201cI believe it will create a lot of new astronomers out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a binary system 3,000 light-years from Earth. It consists of a white dwarf orbiting an ancient red giant. Hydrogen from the red giant is being pulled down onto the surface of the white dwarf, accumulating toward a critical mass. Eventually, it will trigger a thermonuclear explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The outburst will be brief. Once it erupts, the nova will be visible to the naked eye for a little less than a week \u2013 but Hounsell is confident it will be quite a sight to see. The expected magnitude is between +2 and +3, similar to stars in the Big Dipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTypically, nova events are faint and far away,\u201d says Elizabeth Hays, chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA Goddard. \u201cThis one will be really close, with a lot of eyes on it. We can\u2019t wait to get the full picture of what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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