Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event

Paris (AFP) April 6, 2024

Sometime between now and September, a massive explosion 3,000 light years from Earth will flare up in the night sky, giving amateur astronomers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness this space oddity. The binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis - "northern crown" - is normally too dim to see with the naked eye. But every 80 years or so, exchanges between its two stars,