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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky
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Some precision here would be appreciated
This binary system, T. Coronae Borealis, is 2500 light years away. That means the event we're about to witness actually occurred 2500 years ago, and the light that it emitted is just about to reach our solar system.