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'Once-in-a-lifetime' nova explosion will bring new star to night sky, NASA says
ABC7 News· 24 hours agoAstronomers are expecting a "new star" to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September...
"Once-in-a-lifetime" cosmic explosion is likely this summer, NASA says
CBS News· 1 day agoThe technical term for the impending cosmic explosion is nova, which happens when a white dwarf...
Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good can | Newswise
Newswise· 12 hours agoThe small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life.
Hypervelocity Star Spotted Racing Through the Milky Way at 1.3 Million MPH
SciTechDaily· 20 minutes agoA newly discovered L subdwarf is on an unusual journey through our galaxy. The Sun is orbiting the...
NASA Details How Stargazers Can Witness A Once-In-A-Lifetime Cosmic Explosion
HotHardware· 3 hours agoT Coronae Borealis, also known as the “Blaze Star,” is a binary system in the Northern Crown about...
A star that exploded like a nuclear bomb is still raising questions half a century later
SPACE.com· 1 day agoThe aftermath of a thermonuclear explosion in a binary star system about 3,400 light years away has...
Stellar Fireworks: Hubble Revisits a Strange Star’s 40-Year Nova Mystery
SciTechDaily· 14 hours agoOne of the strangest of these events happened in 1975, when a nova called HM Sagittae grew 250 times...
Astronomers Await Rare Cosmic Explosion Set to Occur This Summer
ExtremeTech· 5 hours agoThe night sky will appear to gain a new star this summer when T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB, undergoes its first nova in this millennium. For a few days, skygazers can spot ...
'Vampire stars' explode after eating too much — AI could help reveal why
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoYet, these cosmic explosions are quite different from the supernovas that accompany the deaths of...
Keep Your Eyes On This Part Of The Sky For A ‘New’ Star, Say Experts
Forbes· 6 days agoA dense white dwarf star—the remnant of a sun-like star—and its companion in the constellation Corona Borealis will ...