The Naked-Eye Sky Will (Briefly) Host a New Star
RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) wants to tell you about a “new” star that will be visible to the naked eye — without a telescope — sometime before September:
By “star”, I do not mean “comet”, “meteorite” or “firefly”, but genuine [star] photons arriving here after about 3000 years in flight, causing your eyes to see a bright point on the nighttime sky. When it happens, the … ⌘ Read more