T and R Coronae Borealis (T CrB and R CrB), Taken by Bum-Suk Yeom on June 6, 2024 @ Jangsu, South Korea (Spaceweather.com Gallery)
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: JUNE 26, 2024
THAT NOVA YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE: By the time you finish reading this story, there could be a new star in the night sky. Recurrent nova T CrB (pronounced “tee-core-bore”) is poised on the knife edge of a once-in-a-lifetime explosion.
“Our best estimate for the time of eruption is close to now,” says Brad Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Louisiana State University.
Schaefer is a leading expert on T CrB. He’s been studying the star since he was a teenager. “When I was 18 year old, I calculated when T CrB should erupt again. The answer was ‘around 2026’ — and I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since,” he says.
