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Second ‘Nova’ Explodes In Night Sky In Extremely Rare Event

  • On July 1, the Kilonova Seekers project announced its first major discovery: citizen scientists identified GOTO0650 brightening by 2,500 times in real time.
  • Launched in July 2023, the Kilonova Seekers project enlists volunteers to compare all-sky images from GOTO telescopes in La Palma and Australia, aiming for near real-time kilonova detection.
  • Citizen scientists flagged the star's 2,500× brightening within 3.5 hours, enabling rapid follow-up observations with spectroscopy, X-ray, and UV measurements.
  • Following volunteers’ alerts, about 100 amateur astronomers tracked the nova, confirming it as a rare cataclysmic variable star, demonstrating citizen science’s crucial scientific role.
  • Citizen science enables rare astronomical discoveries, with over 3,500 volunteers contributing 2.8 million classifications, highlighting its vital role in future cosmic research.
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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