The Southern Hemisphere skies have two “new stars” visible to the naked eye. Though they appear as points of light like any ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening. This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the ...

T CrB will be positioned between two of the brightest stars in the night sky: Vega, rising in the northeast, and Arcturus, rising in the east.

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is classified as a recurrent nova — a star that blows its top over and over. Such objects are rare; fewer than a dozen have been identified in our galaxy.

T CrB started dimming in March 2023, prompting many to forecast that we would see the Blaze Star between February and September of this year. However, as both Cooke and Wilson noted, ...

T CrB is actually even more special than that, because it is one of only 11 known "recurrent" novas, which are seen to go nova repeatedly, with gaps of less than 100 years between explosions.

T CrB, located about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis, consists of a red giant and a white dwarf that orbit each other with a period of about 228 days.

T CrB will appear 1,500 times brighter than usual, but it won’t be as spectacular as the event in 1054. Art depicts the Roman Emperor Henry III viewing the supernova explosion of 1054.

T CrB will appear 1,500 times brighter than usual, but it won’t be as spectacular as the event in 1054. I am a space scientist with a passion for teaching physics and astronomy.

T CrB tends to go nova once every 80 or so years—having last exploded in 1946, and before that, in 1866. There are only five known recurring novae like this one in our galaxy.

Don't miss the once-in-a-lifetime cosmic blast that could be lighting up the night sky at any moment. In February 2016, astronomers began to share the news that T CrB had entered a "phase of ...

T CrB is actually even more special than that, because it is one of only 11 known "recurrent" novas, which are seen to go nova repeatedly, with gaps of less than 100 years between explosions.