The place where the explosion will take place is 3 thousand light years away from the Earth. American space agency NASA says that this star explodes every 79-80 years. This explosion will give amateur astronomers an opportunity to capture a special view of space.
Bill Cook, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO), has also expressed his opinion about this possible explosion. He had said that we do not know much about its timing. But whenever it happens, it will be one you remember.
The star which is about to explode is bound to a binary system. In such a system there is a giant star and a white dwarf star. In the current case, the larger star is dumping material onto the surface of the white dwarf as the two orbit very close to each other.
The temperature of the dwarf star is increasing due to material dumping. According to the report, when this happens, thermonuclear explosion will start in it. Eventually the white dwarf star will expel all the material into space and become much brighter, hundreds of times brighter than before.
The first explosion was detected in the year 1217
Humans were first aware of the eruption of T Corona Borealis in the year 1217. Since then two more explosions have been seen. The last time an explosion was seen in it was in the year 1946. Scientists believe that this star explodes once every 79 or 80 years. In March last year, movement was seen in the star, due to which it was speculated that it was going to explode once again soon.