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T Coronae Borealis, dubbed the “Blaze Star” and known to astronomers simply as “T CrB,” is a binary system nestled in the Northern Crown some 3,000 light-years from Earth .

The system is comprised of a white dwarf an Earth -sized remnant of a dead star with a mass comparable to that of our Sun .

If the pattern continues, some researchers say, the nova event could occur by September 2024 .

Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array in New Mexico will capture data across the visible and non-visible light spectrum.

Gamma-ray imagers didn’t exist the last time T CrB erupted in 1946 .

Astronomers will observe the nova event at its peak and through its decline as the visible energy of the outburst fades.