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Big astronomical flash imminent and gay behaviour across the animal world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Big astronomical flash imminent and gay behaviour across the animal world

ABC  

Robyn Williams: This is a kind of health warning. Laura Driessen: Astronomers will use the upcoming mini-explosion, or nova, of T Cor Bor to run some tests to see if it's maybe going to graduate to a full-blown supernova one day, and spotting it could help us unravel the cosmic mystery of Type 1a supernovae. Laura Driessen: And alongside decoding …

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Ever see a star explode? You’re about to get a chance very soon
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ever see a star explode? You’re about to get a chance very soon

LA Times  

Bob Stephens, of Rancho Cucamonga, is among the many amateur astronomers who are eagerly awaiting the appearance of the Blaze Star, a nova that occurs every 80 years in the Corona Borealis constellation. Steve Flanders, outreach coordinator for Palomar Observatory, shows the observatory’s Gattini-IR telescope, which Caltech professor Mansi Kasliwal’s team will use to observe the Blaze star explosion. This …

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See the birth of a new STAR: New 'Blaze Star' is set to ignite in the night sky 'any day now' - here's how to spot it
6 months, 1 week ago

See the birth of a new STAR: New 'Blaze Star' is set to ignite in the night sky 'any day now' - here's how to spot it

Daily Mail  

The night sky is so constant and unchanging that generations of navigators have set their course by the fixed arrangement of the stars. The 'blaze star' T Coronae Borealis is set to flare into life any day now, going from invisible to as bright as the North Star overnight in a spectacular nova. The blaze star will appear in a …

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Scientists await huge star explosion in constellation Corona Borealis
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists await huge star explosion in constellation Corona Borealis

Hindustan Times  

Sometime between now and September, a massive explosion 3,000 light years from Earth will flare up in the night sky, giving amateur astronomers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness this space oddity. The binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis -- "northern crown" -- is normally too dim to see with the naked eye. Their size disparity is so huge …

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A once-in-a-lifetime cosmic explosion will create a new star and you can see it
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A once-in-a-lifetime cosmic explosion will create a new star and you can see it

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prof Brown said: “Every 80 years or so it gathers enough material so that it ignites in …

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Move over, solar eclipse: Scientists predict a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion in the coming months
9 months ago

Move over, solar eclipse: Scientists predict a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion in the coming months

BBC  

Move over, solar eclipse: Scientists predict a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion in the coming months Nasa The nova T Coronae Borealis explodes about once every 80 years. While the world's attention has been focused on the total solar eclipse that will occur later this spring, the distant Corona Borealis binary system – which contains one dead white dwarf star and one …

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