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A nova explosion may soon be visible in the night sky. Here's where and when to look (www.pbs.org)
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In the second half of 2024, a nova explosion in the star system called T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB, will once again be visible to people on Earth. T CrB will appear 1,500 times brighter than usual, but it won’t be as spectacular as the event in 1054.

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[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

How is it counterintuitive? Gas builds up, goes boom, repeat.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

Usually stars don't build up gas. This one is part of a binary system, though, so like the other comment says, it's siphoning matter from the other one.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the counterintuitive part came for the standard candle supernovae already coming from binary systems and not being recurring, but somehow the recurrent ones manages to blow up with 1/100 of the energy, i am just learning this

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