A Star Will Explode in Five Years: In five years (maybe six) a star in the constellation Cygnus will explode and appear 10,000 times brighter than it does now.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

In five years (maybe six) a star in the constellation Cygnus will explode and appear 10,000 times brighter than it does now.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/see-star-explode-2022-nova-cygnus-skywatching-space-science/

Plumma Loc: NE MA.

There goes all the milk and bread again 😁

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Chances are, it's already happened.
--Bob

jerryc41 wrote:

In five years (maybe six) a star in the constellation Cygnus will explode and appear 10,000 times brighter than it does now.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/see-star-explode-2022-nova-cygnus-skywatching-space-science/

Cykdelic Loc: Now outside of Chiraq & Santa Fe, NM

jerryc41 wrote:

In five years (maybe six) a star in the constellation Cygnus will explode and appear 10,000 times brighter than it does now.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/see-star-explode-2022-nova-cygnus-skywatching-space-science/

Is it Alec Baldwin?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rmalarz wrote:

Chances are, it's already happened.
--Bob

Oh, you clever man!

Cykdelic Loc: Now outside of Chiraq & Santa Fe, NM

rmalarz wrote:

Chances are, it's already happened.
--Bob

Are you sure? I didn't see it on google or YouTube. 😎

Phreedom Loc: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

jerryc41 wrote:

In five years (maybe six) a star in the constellation Cygnus will explode and appear 10,000 times brighter than it does now.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/see-star-explode-2022-nova-cygnus-skywatching-space-science/

As per the article, the twin star system is about "1,800 light-years away" from us. So the red nova, if and when we see it, is old news and has already occurred, about 1,795 or so years ago.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Phreedom wrote:

As per the article, the twin star system is about "1,800 light-years away" from us. So the red nova, if and when we see it, is old news and has already occurred, about 1,795 or so years ago.

Luckily for us, we are around to witness it now.