{"id":121571,"date":"2024-11-03T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T04:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121571"},"modified":"2024-11-03T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T04:35:52","slug":"zombie-star-poised-for-explosion-could-illuminate-sky-after-80-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121571","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zombie star&#8217; poised for explosion could illuminate sky after 80 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A rare astronomical phenomenon known as a \u2018zombie star\u2019 could light up the night sky in the near future after rising from the dead. Space experts revealed that T Coronae Borealis, also known as the \u2018Blaze Star\u2019, could explode at any moment after decades of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>This blast is likely to cause an eruption of light which is capable of illuminating a dead binary star system for the first time in 80 years. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/space\/nasa-lasers-pet-image-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\">NASA<\/a>, the star is part of a system that is around 3,000 light-years away.\u00a0The system comprises an Earth-sized dead star which, due to the presence of pressure and heat, could cause a thermonuclear explosion visible to the naked eye from our planet. The star earned its nickname owing to its ability to come back to life after such an explosion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h3-style\" id=\"h-a-cosmic-vampire\">A cosmic vampire<\/h2>\n<p>A report from by Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-14027109\/Zombie-star-80-years-tonight-Halloween.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noted<\/a> the Blaze Star draws material from the nearby red giant, siphoning hydrogen and other elements through its gravitational pull, much like a cosmic vampire.<\/p>\n<p>The start is too faint to see without a telescope. But when the explosion erupts, it becomes as brilliant as the stars in familiar constellations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Elizabeth Hays, chief of NASA\u2019s Goddard Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, stated that space enthusiasts are always on the lookout for \u2018nova events\u2019. \u201cTypically, nova events are so faint and far away that it\u2019s hard to identify where the erupting energy is concentrated. This one will be really close, with a lot of eyes on it,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Happens When You Look at the Sun with a Telescope\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGtDtaRz_c0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h3-style\" id=\"h-first-appeared-over-800-years-ago\">First appeared over 800 years ago<\/h2>\n<p>The Blaze Star\u2019s first recorded sighting took place more than 800 years ago in the autumn of 1217, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/nasa-global-astronomers-await-rare-nova-explosion\/?utm_source=TWITTER&amp;utm_medium=NASAUniverse&amp;utm_campaign=NASASocial&amp;linkId=461052770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA<\/a>. A man called Burchard, an abbot based in Germany, documented his experience of seeing \u201ca faint star that for a time shone with great light.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The star was last seen in 1946.\u00a0As per a press release by NASA, <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/space\/t-coronae-borealis-nova-visible-80-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\">T Coronae Borealis<\/a>\u2018 behavior this time is \u2018strikingly similar\u2019 to what was observed during the months leading up to the 1946 explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Once the blast occurs, the outburst is expected to be brief and visible to the naked eye for a little less than a week. However, Dr Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist specializing in nova events at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center, believes it would be quite a sight to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Blaze Star is part of a binary system which appears in the Northern Crown. The latter is a horse-shoe-shaped curve of stars that are visible on clear nights. The NASA statement added that\u00a0it can be identified by locating the two brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere\u2014Arcturus and Vega\u2014and tracking a straight line from one to the other, which will lead sky-watchers to Hercules and the Corona Borealis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Hays observed that scientists are hoping to study \u201cthe various wavelengths\u201d which would hopefully provide \u201cdata to start unlocking the structure and specific processes involved. We can\u2019t wait to get the full picture of what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/space\/zombie-star-explosion-could-illuminate-sky-after-80-years\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare astronomical phenomenon known as a \u2018zombie star\u2019 could light up the night sky in the near future after rising from the dead. 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