A rare nova explosion will be visible from Earth in 2024. Here’s everything you need to know
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The nova we will see later this year occurred 2,000-plus years ago, but its light will just be reaching us later this year.
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where there wasn’t one before, and then it fades away in a matter of days or weeks.