arstechnica , 1 month ago If you can see the Big Dipper, you’ll get to see a star go nova soon Sometime between May and September, a white dwarf is expected to go thermonuclear. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/if-you-can-see-the-big-dipper-youll-get-to-see-a-star-go-nova-soon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
If you can see the Big Dipper, you’ll get to see a star go nova soon
Sometime between May and September, a white dwarf is expected to go thermonuclear.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/if-you-can-see-the-big-dipper-youll-get-to-see-a-star-go-nova-soon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
egonw , 18 days ago @arstechnica very much looking forward to this!
@arstechnica very much looking forward to this!
jgamble , 1 month ago @arstechnica "We can estimate this window because we know what the events leading up to the T. Coronae Borealis explosion looked like the last time it went off in 1946." This is the first I've heard of this cycle of explosions. What else have I missed?
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"We can estimate this window because we know what the events leading up to the T. Coronae Borealis explosion looked like the last time it went off in 1946."
This is the first I've heard of this cycle of explosions. What else have I missed?
JorisBohnsonPM , 1 month ago @arstechnica Big Dipper also known as ‘The Plough’ in the UK & Ireland
Big Dipper also known as ‘The Plough’ in the UK & Ireland
Stitched , 1 month ago @arstechnica Look forward to seeing this, this summer
@arstechnica Look forward to seeing this, this summer
JoBlakely , 1 month ago @arstechnica Toronto skies please give us this.
@arstechnica Toronto skies please give us this.
GraceC , 1 month ago @arstechnica Any idea the blast lasts.
@arstechnica Any idea the blast lasts.