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Rare Cosmic Event Captured by Hubble Space Telescope: White Dwarf Feeds off Red Giant in Binary System

An extraordinary phenomenon was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in a binary star system located about 3,400 light years away. The event involved a symbiotic system known as HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star was feeding off a red giant companion star. The stolen material formed an accretion disk around the white dwarf, leading to a thermonuclear explosion on its surface, causing the system to brighten in a phenomenon referred to …

Stargazers Anticipate Spectacular Celestial Event in 2024 as Red Giant and White Dwarf Collide

Washington, DC – A star system known as T Coronae Borealis, located 3,000 light-years away from Earth, is set to put on a stunning celestial display in 2024. This rare event, occurring approximately every 80 years, will transform the star from magnitude +10 to +2, making it as bright as the North Star. Skywatchers will have a unique opportunity to witness this nova outburst, caused by a thermonuclear reaction between a white dwarf and a …

Upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory Set to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe and Red Dwarf Stars

PUERTO VARAS, CHILE – The Vera Rubin Observatory, located in Northern Chile, is set to become one of the most highly anticipated ground-based telescopes in history. With its wide-field camera ready to see scientific first light in the upcoming year, the observatory will begin the search for optical signatures of supernovae that are located millions or even billions of light years away. The primary goal of the observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) …