From the website: "In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy." This explosion is that of the mysterious star is called V838 Monocerotis, as seen by Hubble. Link |
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Don'tcha hate it when that happens? That happened to me once in high school. It really sucked.
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