According to the BBC news there may well be a light show that only occurs every eighty years or so, when a binary star system has a couple of days of nuclear fire. Here is the BBC article (which also tells you where to look);
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c140exemgk7o
Astronomers delight
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Re: Astronomers delight
Interesting stuff. myglaren.
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Very much so, considering the age of the thing. Been aware of it for a long time but not in such depth.
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Re: Astronomers delight
Me too on the aware bit but not the aliens.myglaren wrote: 27 Feb 2025, 11:07 Very much so, considering the age of the thing. Been aware of it for a long time but not in such depth.
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