'Once-in-a-lifetime' nova explosion will bring new star to night sky, NASA says
Astronomers are expecting a "new star" to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September in a celestial event that has been years in the making, according to NASA.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime event that will create a lot of new astronomers out there, giving young people a cosmic event they can observe for themselves, ask their own questions, and collect their own data," said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assis... more'Once-in-a-lifetime' nova explosion will bring new star to night sky, NASA says
Astronomers are expecting a "new star" to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September in a celestial event that has been years in the making, according to NASA.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime event that will create a lot of new astronomers out there, giving young people a cosmic event they can observe for themselves, ask their own questions, and collect their own data," said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist specializing in nova events at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a statement. "It'll fuel the next generation of scientists."
