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One Star System Could Soon Dazzle Us Twice With Nova And Supernova ExplosionsArtist's impression of the white dwarf at the heart of V Sagittae, its larger but less massive companion and its surrounding disk and ring.

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One Star System Could Soon Dazzle Us Twice With Nova And Supernova ExplosionsArtist's impression of the white dwarf at the heart of V Sagittae, its larger but less massive companion and its surrounding disk and ring.
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One Star System Could Soon Dazzle Us Twice With Nova And Supernova Explosions

clock-iconSeptember 18, 2025

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Unexpected Nova Just Appeared In The Night Sky – And You Can See It With The Naked EyeA 3D render of the sky tonight. The constellations are marked.

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Unexpected Nova Just Appeared In The Night Sky – And You Can See It With The Naked EyeA 3D render of the sky tonight. The constellations are marked.
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Unexpected Nova Just Appeared In The Night Sky – And You Can See It With The Naked Eye

clock-iconJune 20, 2025
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T Coronae Borealis: Your Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance To Watch A Star Go Nova Could Come This Weeka bright explosion is seen in a small white dwarf. The object is surronded by a disk of material being syphoned from its companion

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T Coronae Borealis: Your Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance To Watch A Star Go Nova Could Come This Weeka bright explosion is seen in a small white dwarf. The object is surronded by a disk of material being syphoned from its companion
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T Coronae Borealis: Your Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance To Watch A Star Go Nova Could Come This Week

clock-iconMarch 21, 2025
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Meet The Millinovae: A New Mysterious Class Of Cosmic X-Ray EventsA white dwarf is seen going nova, by syphoning material from a nearby star, the x-ray is shown as a purple spherical shell around the white dwarf

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Meet The Millinovae: A New Mysterious Class Of Cosmic X-Ray EventsA white dwarf is seen going nova, by syphoning material from a nearby star, the x-ray is shown as a purple spherical shell around the white dwarf
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Meet The Millinovae: A New Mysterious Class Of Cosmic X-Ray Events

clock-iconDecember 19, 2024
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Why Astronomers Have Stopped Hoping For A Once-In-A-Lifetime Exploding Star (For Now)The constellation Corona Borealis

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Why Astronomers Have Stopped Hoping For A Once-In-A-Lifetime Exploding Star (For Now)The constellation Corona Borealis
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Why Astronomers Have Stopped Hoping For A Once-In-A-Lifetime Exploding Star (For Now)

clock-iconOctober 3, 2024
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We're About To Witness A Stellar Event Potentially First Recorded In A Medieval ManuscriptAn eruption on a white dwarf star.

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We're About To Witness A Stellar Event Potentially First Recorded In A Medieval ManuscriptAn eruption on a white dwarf star.
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We're About To Witness A Stellar Event Potentially First Recorded In A Medieval Manuscript

clock-iconMay 24, 2024
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This Year Could Be A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity To See A Nova Artist's impression of T Coronae Borealis part way through brightening as the white dwarf ignites material drawn from the red giant.

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This Year Could Be A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity To See A Nova Artist's impression of T Coronae Borealis part way through brightening as the white dwarf ignites material drawn from the red giant.
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This Year Could Be A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity To See A Nova

clock-iconMarch 13, 2024
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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?The supernova remnant W49B lies 35,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. Iron atoms stripped of electrons are a powerful X-ray source there

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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?The supernova remnant W49B lies 35,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. Iron atoms stripped of electrons are a powerful X-ray source there
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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2023
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A Medieval Manuscript Adds Credibility To Prediction Of A Nova Next YearIt's 77 years since T Corona Borealis exploded but this image of the Firework Nova using the Chandra X-Ray telescope could be a taste of what is to come when it explodes again

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A Medieval Manuscript Adds Credibility To Prediction Of A Nova Next YearIt's 77 years since T Corona Borealis exploded but this image of the Firework Nova using the Chandra X-Ray telescope could be a taste of what is to come when it explodes again
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A Medieval Manuscript Adds Credibility To Prediction Of A Nova Next Year

clock-iconSeptember 21, 2023
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Astronomers Spot What Could Be The Most Luminous Nova Everarticle image

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Astronomers Spot What Could Be The Most Luminous Nova Everarticle image
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Astronomers Spot What Could Be The Most Luminous Nova Ever

clock-iconOctober 12, 2017

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Astronomers Identify Mysterious Explosion Of Light First Seen Back In 1437article image

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Astronomers Identify Mysterious Explosion Of Light First Seen Back In 1437article image
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Astronomers Identify Mysterious Explosion Of Light First Seen Back In 1437

clock-iconAugust 30, 2017

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White Dwarf Seen Before And After It Exploded By Astronomersarticle image

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White Dwarf Seen Before And After It Exploded By Astronomersarticle image
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White Dwarf Seen Before And After It Exploded By Astronomers

clock-iconAugust 18, 2016

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A Nearby Nova Might Be Ready To Explode Againarticle image

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A Nearby Nova Might Be Ready To Explode Againarticle image
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A Nearby Nova Might Be Ready To Explode Again

clock-iconJune 14, 2016

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Astronomers Have Discovered A Pulsating White Dwarfarticle image

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Astronomers Have Discovered A Pulsating White Dwarfarticle image
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Astronomers Have Discovered A Pulsating White Dwarf

clock-iconMay 4, 2016

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Dust Grains From Meteorites Could Be Older Than The Solar Systemarticle image

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Dust Grains From Meteorites Could Be Older Than The Solar Systemarticle image
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Dust Grains From Meteorites Could Be Older Than The Solar System

clock-iconMarch 10, 2016