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Thinking of the Blaze Star, a recurrent nova coming soon, I wonder how many historic moments were marked by such events.
Soon, a 'new' star will shine for 3 days before vanishing. This nova repeats every ~80 years, and recent observations show it's imminent.
#BlazeStar #ZombieStar #RecurrentNova
#TCoronaeBorealis
#NorthernCrown
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CW: Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event
> The binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis — “northern crown” — is normally too dim to see with the naked eye.
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> But every 80 years or so, exchanges between its two stars, which are locked in a deadly embrace, spark a runaway nuclear explosion.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-huge-star-explosion-sky-lifetime.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Coronae_Borealis
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