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As a result of a cosmic upheaval, a new star is about to be born in the sky

Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Astrophysicists say that any moment now, a new star as bright as Polaris will appear in the night sky — the result of a cosmic explosion that happened thousands of years ago in a distant constellation. NASA scientist Rebecca Hounsell calls it a “once-in-a-lifetime event that will spawn many new…