A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 – a space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look

The stars are not fixed and unchanging, contrary to what many ancient people thought. Every now and then a star appears where there was none before, and then it disappears again within a few days or weeks. The earliest record of such a “guest star,” so called by ancient Chinese astronomers, is a star that … Read more