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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2 'new stars' have exploded into the night sky in recent weeks — and both are visible to the naked eye
Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded history.
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