Rebecca Boyle,NewScientist
A 25-year hunt for a bright spot in the sky first seen almost six centuries ago has turned up a nova and answered a long-standing question about this unique type of exploding star. We now own a better plan of what they execute between more intense periods of activity.
Royal astronomers working in the court of King Sejong the considerable of Korea noticed something unusual shining in the sky on 11 March 1437.
A guest star began to be seen between the moment and third stars of Wei, an astronomer recorded Wei being a collection of nine stars in the tail of the constellation Scorpius. It...
Source: realclearscience.com