A striking astronomical event could light up the sky this week when a pair of stars bursts into a massive explosion. The T CrB star will be visible from Earth from 3,000 light-years away and is expected to shine as brightly as the North Star To spot this cosmic wonder, step outside on a dark, clear night and look northeast. …
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 …
