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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ interstellar explosion will be visible from Earth this summer: NASA
NY Post ^ | 6/19/24 | Ben Cost

Posted on 06/19/2024 9:54:52 PM PDT by Libloather

A star is dead?

Keep your eyes on the skies, stargazers: NASA has predicted that the much-anticipated “once-in-a-life-time” star explosion — or nova — will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer, per a recent press release.

“It’s incredibly exciting to have this front-row seat,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Dubbed T Coronae Borealis or the “Blaze Star,” the celestial event is located 3,000 light years away and is comprised of a white dwarf, an “Earth-sized” remnant of a dead star. The starburst’s mass, meanwhile, is similar to that of the Sun.

Also in the mix is an “ancient red giant slowly being stripped of hydrogen by the relentless gravitational pull of its hungry neighbor,” NASA described.

When enough hydrogen from the red giant accumulates on the surface of the white dwarf, it triggers a massive thermonuclear explosion that blasts the amassed material into space in a blinding flash. The intergalactic phenomenon is not to be confused with a supernova, a similarly cosmic combustion that destroys some dying stars — rather than keeping them intact like the nova — and is often billions of times brighter than a nova.

In the case of the Blaze Star, that event appears to reoccur, on average, every 80 years, and can repeat itself for hundreds of thousands of years.

This event is particularly significant given its relative proximity to Earth. “There are a few recurrent novae with very short cycles, but typically, we don’t often see a repeated outburst in a human lifetime, and rarely one so relatively close to our own system,” said Hounsell.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 1946; astronomy; blazestar; catastrophism; coronaborealis; earth; explosion; interstellar; nasa; nova; physics; recurrentnova; redgiant; science; tcoronaeborealis; thermonuclear; whitedwarf
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To: mabarker1

“Ki$$ Y0UR AND A$$ Goodbye !!!“

Is it a star or Uranus that will go Super Nova?


21 posted on 06/20/2024 12:50:19 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: Repeal The 17th

Kohberger will be out to see it then.


22 posted on 06/20/2024 1:09:02 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Repeal The 17th

LOL


23 posted on 06/20/2024 2:24:33 AM PDT by caddie
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To: George J. Jetso

Both, but not exactly the same time...


24 posted on 06/20/2024 3:03:06 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Libloather

3,000 light years away
is a front-row seat?

Well I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to be 30 miles away...


25 posted on 06/20/2024 3:06:05 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Peter ODonnell
"..Also it’s not interstellar, it’s stellar. STELLAR !!!"


26 posted on 06/20/2024 3:30:36 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: CopperTop

Hehehe 😂😂😂


27 posted on 06/20/2024 3:33:33 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: matthew fuller

“Will be visible this summer...”

Can they narrow down the dates? We’re starting summer now.


28 posted on 06/20/2024 3:42:16 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: metmom
“Fortunately, amateur astronomers can optimize their chances of glimpsing the fleeting light show by following several tips.

Amateur astronomers have been observing T CrB for decades; they can "glimpse" the star any time they want with even smallish telescopes. It sits around magnitude 10. That's not hard even for small telescopes.

29 posted on 06/20/2024 4:02:13 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: Libloather; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Thanks Libloather. I said 'Bud Light'.



30 posted on 06/20/2024 4:56:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: ETCM

I’m waiting for Bettleguese, it’s been off gassing for years.
They say when it pops off it will be seen for months.


31 posted on 06/20/2024 5:07:37 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Chode

I’m sure you won’t need it for this event, but wow, a C-8. I wish I still had some of the stuff I sold, too. I feel your pain…


32 posted on 06/20/2024 5:20:58 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: mabarker1
I used to have a super Nova!


33 posted on 06/20/2024 5:26:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: SunkenCiv

34 posted on 06/20/2024 5:31:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Alas Babylon!; Chode; Carriage Hill
SWEET !!! I wish they still made REAL CARS.

A High School Friend had '70 Chevell SS 375 Hp 396 that had a load of goodies on it. (Triple Angle cut Valve Job that was Ported and Polished/Custom Grind Camshaft from Acme Camshaft in OKC/Carter Carb on top of the Weiand aluminum Intake ported and polished to match the Cylinder Heads/TH-400 Transmission with a B&M Shift Kit/Beilstein Shocks/BFG TYRES/Ferodo Brake Pads/Real dual exhaust with high flow mufflers.) One day We were trying to catch up with someone on 290 out of Austin headed to Houston and it was the first time I went 160+ MPH. (The speedometer numbers stopped at 140 MPH IIRCwas pegged to the backside of the Zero pin)

Not His Ride but this is it.

My Brother had Pontiac GTO Tri-power 4 speed when He was in 12th Grade.

Again not My Brother's Ride but IIRC His looked just like this one. When I was 6 He was going to take Me to the INDY 500 ('68 or '69) but He had the car checked over for the trip. They found a cracked Lower A-Frame and He didn't have the $$$ to do both 🙁.


35 posted on 06/20/2024 7:33:33 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Im glad to see this thread took its current trajectory.


36 posted on 06/20/2024 7:50:35 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Libloather

A more scientific article about this:

https://www.aavso.org/blog/T-CrB-jewel-in-the-crown


37 posted on 06/20/2024 8:03:17 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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To: telescope115

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38 posted on 06/20/2024 8:51:20 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Alas Babylon!

OH Hell yeah...


39 posted on 06/20/2024 8:52:02 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: mabarker1

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40 posted on 06/20/2024 9:15:41 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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