A rare burst of light from a dead star, known as a nova, will occur between June and September in the constellation Corona Borealis, also called the Northern Corona.
A burst of light from the Titan Star will be visible this summer. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)
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This summer in the United States, a rare burst of light coming from a dead star will be visible from Earth, in which the scientists have called “a once in a lifetime event”. The POT announced that, between June and Septemberan event known as not going will manifest itself in the Corona Borealiseither Northern Crowna constellation of the Milky Way.
The stars that will cause this phenomenon are a White dwarf and one red giantknown jointly as T Coronae Borealis wave “Titan Star”a binary system located approximately 3,000 light years from the earth. This phenomenon happens when the White dwarf accumulates material from the red giant until reaching a pressure and temperature so high that they cause a thermonuclear explosion. This material will be ejected into space in a blinding flash.
Rebekah Hounsellresearch assistant at the Goddard Space Flight Center of the POT and events specialist not goingassured that it is “a once in a lifetime event that will create many new astronomersoffering young people a cosmic event that they can observe for themselves, ask their own questions and collect their own data.” Hounsell emphasized the importance of this event to inspire the next generation of scientists.
The Corona Borealis is recognizable by its horseshoe shape. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)
The cycle of accumulation and explosion of material between both stars it is repeated approximately every 80 years. The last time this was observed not going it was in 1946as published by the POT in his web page. Hounsell explained that “there are some recurrent novae with very short cycles, but we generally do not see a repeated burst in a human lifetime, and rarely one so relatively close to our system”.
The astronomers are attentive to the behavior of T Coronae Borealissince its behavior in the last decade has been similar to the pattern observed before the 1946 eruption. According to some researchers, the not going could happen before September 2024. The scientists and sky enthusiasts should seek the Corona Borealis on clear nights, recognizable by its shape horseshoe to the west of the Hercules constellation.
The Dr. Elizabeth Hayshead of Astroparticle Particle Physics Laboratory in it goddardpointed out the enthusiasm among fans of astronomy and the citizen scientists. “They are always the ones looking for strong and bright signs that identify events of not going and other phenomena,” Hays said. “We are counting on that global interaction of the community again with T CrB”.
NASA plans to use several telescopes and tools to study the nova, including the James Webb. (Laura Betz/NASA/AP)
The POT and other observatories will use a variety of telescopes and tools to study the not going. Among the most notable are the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescopehe James Webb Space Telescopehe Neil Gehrels Swift Observatoryhe Polarimetry X-ray Imager (IXPE)he Nuclear Spectroscopy Telescope (NuSTAR)he Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)and the “Surveyor of the Extreme Universe” INTEGRALof the European Space Agency. Besides, ground-based telescopes As the Very Large Array in New Mexico They will also participate.
This event offers a unique opportunity to better understand the structure and dynamics of recurring star explosions. The observation ability of Gamma Ray Images and the new tool in x-ray astronomythe capacity of IXPE polarizationthey will provide unprecedented prospects about him Lifecycle of these binary systems and the stellar processes that feed them.
