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The long-awaited Blaze Star could erupt as a visible nova on March 27, 2025, lighting up the night sky in a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic show. ============================================================================== For the first time in nearly a century, Earth’s night sky may soon be lit up by one of nature’s rarest celestial events: a nova visible to the unaided eye. At the heart of this cosmic countdown is the Blaze Star, or T Coronae Borealis—a binary star system nestled within the elegant arc of the Northern Crown. After decades of quiet buildup, astronomers believe it could erupt any night now. If it does, stargazers around...

November starts (for me) the most exciting sky-watching season of the year. To start with, by the end of the month we’ll again have two evening “stars” visible. Jupiter (in Aries) has been prominent for the last month and is now reaching “opposition” (opposite the Sun). Venus is beginning to emerge from the Sun and, by month’s end, it too will be prominent and will get brighter and more noticeable for the next several months. In the eastern sky are the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters) and Aldebaran in Taurus, the so-called “eye of the bull.” Aldebaran, Venus and Jupiter are...