Binary Stars To Merge, Explode In 2022

[HAB911]

The prediction? Two stars, which are actually a contact binary (two stars that orbit each other, and also share a common atmosphere), about 1,800 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation, will merge and explode around 2022, and the event, which will lead to the formation of a red nova, will be visible to the naked eye when it occurs.

http://www.ibtimes.com/binary-stars-merge-explode-2022-first-its-kind-scientific-prediction-says-2471489

[Sherman A1]

1. Interesting!

Thanks for posting.

[wryter2000]

2. Cool

I hope they remind us when it happens.

[Quackers]

3. So it already happened a long time ago

But we'll finally get to see it. Science is fun!

[Big_K]

7. Rats

I was hoping we could get them stars to hurry up and do it before January 20th. Gamma Rays, Solar Winds, Pissed off Aliens, anything. Before January 20th.

[SCantiGOP]

4. I assume

That it will be visible for a while.

[packman]

5. IF three wise men come out of the East on Camels

I will be more than impressed.

Imagine the rewrite on that today -

[keithbvadu2]

6. They would have to go back because Trump will have deported baby Jesus back.

They all only have a few days left.

[HAB911]

8. Is the New Star Really a Sign of a Messiah for Israel?

Humans across the world will get to see a star born in 2022, and one rabbi says it’s a sign from the Bible of a new military leader for Israel.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218243369

[DavidDvorkin]

9. What idiocy

The new star will be a confirmation that astronomers know what they're talking about.