The study of history is a geological sub-field in an overall study of psycho-atmospheric harmonics as monitored by the guiding factor, the psi bank. Thus, in order to better understand and evaluate “what happened in history, ” it is best first to understand the guiding function, structure, and nature of the psi bank itself.”-
Earth Ascending by Jose Arguelles
“The earth, all physical life and humans ARE TIME. We are manifested as time and our MINDS are collectively being absorbed and processed around and IN the earth. It’s called the Psi Bank. Our collective life-mind emanations are seen as the auroras around the planet. We are light. The sound pulses in through the ionosphere and turns to light via the amino acid proteins of DNA. Magically, through mind, we take form and come into being with the rest of life on earth.”-Lisa T.
The psi bank is a resonant structure operating in tandem with the electromagnetic fields of resonance, or Van Allen Radiation Belts, which circle the globe at 2,000 and 11,000 miles altitude. For ourselves as a species, changes in evolution are inevitably changes in consciousness.
According to the theory of the noosphere, changes in the evolution of the biosphere (life on Earth) are programmed into the DNA and registered as frequency structures held in place by the psi bank, the fourth-dimensional planetary memory field. This is REAL INTELLIGENCE. A.I. is not better or stronger than nature. It’s foolish to suggest it.
The psi bank also reflects the bipolar magnetism of the Earth and the fourfold shifting of the Earth in one rotation around the sun.
QFactor would be the bottom 5 delineations on the right. Frequencies are the Tectonic plates and 4 delineations above that. Amplitudes are Atmosphere, troposphere and stratosphere. The Tones of Creation pulse in the Ionosphere, radiation belts and ELM field.
Activating the Psi Bank in the 13 Moon Calendar as Daily Psi Chrono Units (PSI/PCU)
This psi bank regulator, located between these two electromagnetic fields, is not only a storage unit for all thought, but also contains all knowledge of the evolutionary timing programs.
1 Psi Plate = 520-units (one 260-unit Tzolkin above, with an inversed 260-unit Tzolkin below – as shown above, top and bottom Tzolkin.)
1 260 Unit Tzolkin = 1/2 of one Psi Plate (as shown above) 4 Psi Plates = Complete 2080-unit Psi Bank
Visualize the psi bank, with the Psi Chrono Unit of the day on your app,pulsating on all eight psi bank plates. You can visualize it glowing and pulsating in its corresponding color. (i.e. Red for Red Dragon units, White for White Wind units, etc.)
Lawoftime.org doesn’t give a deeper explanation of the MEANING of your psi chrono unit, but I’ll take mine for an example.
Mine is White 12 Crystal Wizard, the goddess Ixchel. I do feel that energy pulsing in my destiny. The communal empowerment and equal public power of women is at the front of my mind and in my posts all the time. That was the case before I knew my PSU. I can feel I’ve had past lives with women as magicians and healers, and I’ve incarnated literally doing it. I have dharma and karma with the role of women as magicians and healers, and I suppose I’m working it out in this lifetime.
To see more posts explaining the Psi Bank, just go to the search box on the home page and type Psi Bank.
NOAA Spaceweather.com and Tomsk University Space Observing System
A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: New sunspot AR3712 has increased in size 10-fold in the past 48 hours:movie. The fast-growing active region has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares. Any such eruptions this weekend will be geoeffective as the sunspot is turning to directly face solar flare alerts: SMS Text
Feel free to go directly to Spaceweather.com if you wish.
The amplitude Van Allen Belts is going into gamma hz. The frequencies on the surface Van Allen belt are staying in Alpha hz, no longer hovering in theta. Qfactor is pulsing high, and the most troublesome to me is the ELM background showing the solid green as the proton storm.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives has just passed a bill mandating the automatic registration of young men between the ages of 18 and 26 for the Selective Service System.
NOTE: The measure, introduced by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan is included in the annual defense authorization bill and aims to streamline the registration process by leveraging existing federal databases.
NOTE: The new law ensures that all eligible men are automatically registered without needing to take individual action, reducing government spending on registration campaigns, and helping young men avoid the legal consequences of failing to register.
POLAR CAP ABSORPTION EVENT: For the second day in a row, protons from the sun are raining down on Earth. This is causing a shortwave radio blackout inside the Arctic Circle–also known as a polar cap absorption event. The protons are being funneled toward the Arctic by Earth’s magnetic field; their ionizing effect attenuates shortwave transmissions at all frequencies below 30 MHz. This event should last for another 24 to 48 hours. You can monitor its progress here.
SOLAR MAX NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are spilling out of the Arctic to lower latitudes. Marek Nikodem spotted the electric-blue clouds at midnight (June 11-12) over Szubin, Poland (+53N):
“These are our first noctilucent clouds of the season here in Poland,” says Nikodem. “It was a very nice display.”
2024 is supposed to be a bad year for NLCs. High solar activity is warming Earth’s upper atmosphere and breaking apart water molecules required to form noctilucent ices. However, for reasons researchers don’t fully understand, Solar Max doesn’t always extinquish the clouds. The descent of NLCs to Poland suggests that 2024 may be a year when night-shining clouds defy the sun.
Seal of the Yellow Warrior symbol for amino acid Histidine
Intelligence. Fearlessness. Unbiased research.
Receive and express the powers of fearlessness and intelligence. Listen to your inner voice as you walk along the path of Cosmic Milestones – from contestation to certainty. Feel free to face your fears! Do not blindly believe in anything and investigate the phenomena of life with the help of Divine Intellect. Become a true Warrior of Grace! South – expands. The throat chakra. Second toe on left foot. Motto: I AM a warrior of light with a shield of intellect and a sword of compassion.
Lunar tone of challenge-2~12
Following reunification with purpose, stabilization of polar opposites is needed. How important it is to appreciate and accept both poles of this spectrum of phenomena, realizing their inseparable interconnection! Learn with respect and readiness to accept the challenge that life itself throws at us, and the whole range of favorable opportunities for internal growth and expansion of ties with the outside world will open before you. In addition to the three-dimensional tasks of everyday life, you have to answer the main challenge of life: how to fulfill your highest potential? There is only one way to this: express by your very life unshakable fidelity to the truth and love for all that exists. Every challenge that life throws at us is a new opportunity to dissolve what no longer serves our development. Accepting the challenge is the path to freedom!
Timespace Sync
2 Saturn, Venus, Mars, and 12Maldek are pulsing in 4D time to 3DSpace.
The Sun in Cancersextile to Chiron, occurring very early today, and Mercury’s similar aspect tonight, encourage us to approach problems and decisions holistically. These influences enhance our problem-solving skills, instilling in us a sense of capability and confidence.
The Mercury-Chiron transit, a potent influence, subtly but significantly boosts our communication energy, fostering the opening of healthy dialogues. This is a time of genuine desire to address problem areas and a renewed sense of purpose. We’re engaging in discussions and learning from past experiences, which holds the promise of growth and optimism. Our good intentions pave the way for warm, healthy conversations.
A Venus-Pluto biquintile can point to a comfortably strategic approach to our money and relationships.
From cafeastrology.com
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I dedicate in order to target. Universalizing awareness, I seal the input of flowering with the crystal tone of cooperation. I am guided by the power of intelligence. I am a galactic activation portal in the N. Polar Zone. Focus.
It’s not normal. Ever. I believe it’s caused by the proton storm, which is a cascade of positively charged ions which apparently, we need for our brains. Protons are a neurotransmitter that regulates synaptic plasticity in the lateral amygdala of the brain.
temporal lobes
The amygdala is one of the two almond-shaped groups of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobes, medial to the hypothalamus and adjacent to the hippocampus and inferior (temporal) horn of the lateral ventricle. What is the main function of the amygdala?
Your amygdala is a small part of your brain, but it has a big job. It’s a major processing center for emotions. It also links your emotions to many other brain abilities, especially memories, learning and your senses.Apr 11, 2023
POLAR CAP ABSORPTION EVENT: For the second day in a row, protons from the sun are raining down on Earth. This is causing a shortwave radio blackout inside the Arctic Circle–also known as a polar cap absorption event. The protons are being funneled toward the Arctic (Our N. Polar Zone) by Earth’s magnetic field; their ionizing effect attenuates shortwave transmissions at all frequencies below 30 MHz. This event should last for another 24 to 48 hours. You can monitor its progress here.
The red square on the Harmonic is today, Yellow 2 Warrior (+) is in the S. Polar Zone, but if you go up to the left to our gforce, Yellow 12 Seed (-) in 5th dimension, we are on a GAP kin in the N. Polar Zone. There is a balancing going on between protons and electrons in the inflow and outflow of frequency.
Chiron has multiple definitions, including a celestial body and a figure from Greek mythology:
Celestial body Chiron is a comet-like icy object that orbits between Saturn and Uranus. It was discovered in 1977 by American astronomer Charles Kowal and was originally classified as an asteroid, but is now considered a centaur. Chiron is about 125 miles in diameter and has an eccentric orbit that takes 50.45 years to complete. In astrology, Chiron is known as “the wounded healer” and is said to offer insights into mental health and trauma. The symbol for Chiron is ⚷, which is a key and a monogram of the letters “O” and “K”. The “O” and “K” stand for “Object Kowal”, which was a provisional name for the object before it was discovered.
Greek mythological figure Chiron was an immortal centaur, half horse and half man, who lived in Greek mythology. The son of Cronus, a Titan, and Philyra, an Oceanid, Chiron, was known for his wisdom and knowledge of medicine, unlike other centaurs who were often violent. He is often depicted as the prototypical wounded healer after being poisoned and suffering great pain. This has led to the idea of the “Chiron effect”, which suggests that healers who have experienced trauma can use that experience to provide more effective healing. It’s empathy.
The pulse to the body in time for Chiron is to both shoulders and the whole neck. Everything in between those joints, all the tissue is asking to be aligned and healed by Chiron. This is doubly true since Aries rules the head, and Chiron is in Aries right now.
I hope you’re on X.com seeing these developments ts because MSM is certainly not going to show it to you. It would make you too hopeful and happy, and then they couldn’t cram Biden down your gullet in November.
Receive and express the powers of vision and reason! Concentration on the contemplation of the Great Plan will help you soar like an eagle! May your vision be clear and sharp! By creating with the power of the mind, you will find inspiration in devotion to your vision. Strengthen your interaction with the Planetary Mind! West – transforms. Crown chakra. Big toe of the left foot. Motto: I am committed to my vision of the Planetary Mind.
Magnetic tone of Purpose-1~13
The dance begins with the realization of the goal and reunion with it. Tone 1 teaches us that we must first become one with our purpose in order to attract the energy and means to bring it to fruition. Working with a purpose is an act of reunion, the ultimate goal of which is union and interaction. Purposefulness is magnetic in nature and leads us to unity
TIMEspace Sync
1Jupiter 3x, 1Maldek, and 13Mars
The Moon moves into Virgo early today, at 1:39 AM EDT, and we have a desire to tidy up our affairs. Keeping busy and making headway satisfies us more than usual.
Mercury forms a square to Saturn this morning, and there can be misunderstandings, information lags, criticism, or a lack of direction/instruction to manage. We could be preoccupied with serious or weighty issues. There can be difficulties getting our message across or physically getting somewhere. Temporarily, it’s challenging to trust our instincts. It may be best to seek the motivation to make changes rather than focus too heavily on flaws and limitations. Editing and improving make sense now as we may encounter resistance if we push ahead. We might deal with disapproval, and we should draw on patience. We might recognize some of our limits and adjust our speed accordingly–it’s a better time for maintenance than for moving forward.
However, as the day advances, a Sun-Chiron sextile comes into play and turns things around, enhancing our interactions and problem-solving skills. We might now connect with a sense of purpose or mission, increasing our confidence, possibly through our communications and connections. The desire to learn and grow through experiences and people is strong and healthy.
The Moon continues its void period until the Moon enters Virgo today at 1:39 AM EDT.
From cafeastrology.com
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ScR
The thick green pulse into the center arches is high ELM
FARSIDE EXPLOSION TOUCHES EARTH: Protons are raining down on Earth’s atmosphere today due to an explosion on the farside of the sun. The source of the blast was old sunspot AR3664. Earth is connected to the sunspot via the Parker spiral, which guides energetic protons from the farside to Earth. This “proton rain” is on the verge of becoming an S1-class radiation storm. CME impact alerts:SMS Text
MERCURY, VENUS, AND A FARSIDE CME: This morning, during the early hours of June 12th, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observed a farside CME bracketed by Venus and Mercury. Click to set the scene in motion:
The CME was expelled by old sunspot AR3664, and is responsible for the fusillade of protons now raining down on Earth.
Play the movie again and note how Mercury is racing left to catch Venus. The two planets will converge for a close encounter on June 17th, less than 1 degree apart. Astronomers on Earth won’t be able to see the conjunction because of the sun’s glare. SOHO coronagraphs will have no such trouble. Stay tuned.
Nature nurtures all things with the wholeness of complete virtue. It shows the greatest and perfect kindness by giving life, to let all things grow and accomplish them with the hastening of harvest. Therefore, according to ancient customs, Nature may seem unkind to regard all beings as a traditional straw dog for sacrifice. Likewise, with a saint, he may seem unkind to regard people as a traditional straw dog for sacrifice. The space between heaven and earth is like the bellows. It appears empty, yet it gives a supply that never fails; The more it moves, the more it brings forth. Many words lead to exhaustion. It is better to center on the true essence within.
It looks like the central axis of our body to me. Zero point body. Zero point energy for our tools.
This is like zero point energy or the ether. It was proven 100 years ago to supply all the energy we would ever need, yet our government keeps it from us.
It’s making it’s way to earth, probably through a time portal, in manageable amounts, and into the hands of…leaders…who are helping humanity move into the future safely. None of this is set in stone, pun not intended. We’re in flux on this planet because of free will.
The asteroid belt was Tiamat and is ginormous. We blew up the planet. Our E.T. ancestors will never allow us to do it again. Nuclear weapons are shut down by them.We recolonized on Earth and only been here for about a million years. The earth is 2.5- 4.5 billion years old.
Cooperation doesn’t reign in the human species. War and ego do because of the governments, which is why we never see cosmic Tone 13 show up in the magnetosphere. And Tone 13 people are highly ignored or not even seen. That’s just where we are in our evolution.
White 13 Cosmic Wizard-13Lysine amino acid. This is Jung’s birth gateway.
Seal of the White Wizard~analog Red Serpent mediated by Maldek asteroid belt.
Timelessness. Susceptibility. Enchantment.
Receive and express the power of Timelessness and Enchantment. Discover in yourself the receptivity of the radial nature of time – the eternal “Now”! Your heart is the gate of Divine Enchantment. Become a sage, transparent to the entire spectrum of energies, and the magic of life will be freely created through you. North – cleans. Root chakra. Little finger of the left hand. Motto: The spell of timelessness exudes from my receptive heart.
Cosmic tone of presence-13-1
Cooperation, tone 12, allows presence to reign. Presence is an invisible force that forms the basis of all beings. To be “here and now” in every moment of your life means to experience the fullness of being. Tone 13 teaches you the power of resilience: to be, no matter what, and gives you that transcendental strength that leads you to new heights.
TIMEspace Sync
13Maldek asteroid belt, 13Neptune, 13 Jupiter, and 1Earth. The theme is 13White Wizard~13Red Serpent, Guide Power is 13 White Mirror, Antipode is Yellow 13 Seed, and Hidden Wisdom is Blue 1 Hand. Again, a memory pulse to help us remember the destruction of Tiamat, the reason, the power grab, the misuse of the SUN, and how to fix the karma.
Early morning, a Venus-Chiron sextile is warm, open, and growth-oriented. We are accommodating and connecting with our needs for others. We’re open to learning to overcome our insecurities. We can more easily identify the needs and desires we’ve suppressed, and getting into a healthier relationship with this buried matter can help us in many different life departments. We’re open to intimacy and sharing, seeing beauty in our imperfections. As we learn what we genuinely value, our choices and decisions about relationships and finances improve. (Maybe. This is superficial in 3D.)
In stark contrast, however, Mars and Pluto form a square later in the morning, and we get rumblings of this with Mercury’s minor challenging aspects to this square. With this Mars-Pluto transit, we may feel a strong desire for control over events, relationships, or circumstances and become frustrated at any sign that we don’t have it! However, our attempts to gain control or power may be in vain. This square can ignite intense desires that aren’t easily satisfied. It may lead to arguments, standstills, possessiveness, and power struggles. Yet, this influence also presents an opportunity for self-reflection and growth. We may feel compelled to confront and understand our less favorable traits. Old anger, fear, and frustration that we’ve buried may resurface. It would be wise to observe and learn from these powerful feelings that emerge through confrontations or conflicts. We should strive to remain flexible, perhaps devising strategies for achieving our goals rather than forcing them at all costs. (This is definitely active, started with yesterday’s alignments.)
The Leo Moon is active until 3:17pm and then void from 3:17 PM EDT on, with the last aspect before changing signs (a square to Uranus).
The Moonenters Virgo tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12th, at 1:39 AM EDT.
From cafeastrology.com
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I unify in order to equalize. Attracting opportunity I seal the store of death with the magnetic tone of purpose. I am guided by my own power doubled.
Kin 66-White 1 Magnetic World-Bridger
Gloria Steinem and Duke Ellington are 1World-bridger
: Departing sunspot AR3664 (3697) produced another X-flare today (1108 UT). The X1.5-class explosion occurred just beyond the sun’s western limb and was partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun. As a result, it was not very geoeffective. The explosion did not reverse the decline of today’s ongoing radiation storm, nor did it produce an Earth-directed CME. Solar flare alerts:SMS Text
3 MILLON YEARS AGO, AN INTERSTELLAR CLOUD HIT EARTH: Today, Earth is in a safe space. Like all the other planets in the Solar System, it is cocooned within the sun’s magnetic field–a giant bubble called “the heliosphere.” The heliosphere protects us from dangerous things in the Galaxy like interstellar clouds and cosmic rays.
3 million years ago, the heliosphere may have collapsed. A new paper just published in Nature Astronomy argues that a dense cloud of gas hit the Solar System, compressing the heliosphere to a fraction of its usual size.
“Earth suddenly was outside the protective bubble,” says Merav Opher of Boston University, the paper’s lead author. “Earth and all the planets were exposed to massive amounts of hydrogen, increased radiation, and interstellar dust.”
Researchers have long wondered if something happened to Earth 2 to 3 million years ago. Deep-sea sediments, Antarctic snow, and lunar samples from that time period all contain extraterrestrial radioactive isotopes (iron-60 and plutonium-244). The peak is quite striking.
A nearby supernova might have peppered Earth with these substances, but Opher and colleagues had a different idea. In the constellation Lynx there is a ribbon-shaped cluster of dense interstellar clouds. Using a velocity model for the clouds, they found that the sun and at least one of the clouds may have crossed paths 2 to 3 million years ago
“We show that during the cloud’s passage, the heliosphere shrinks to a scale of 0.22 AU, smaller than the Earth’s orbit around the sun,” says Opher. According to their simulation, the helioshere was compressed and stretched into a tadpole-like structure with Earth’s orbit (red circle) on the outside:
There is some evidence that Earth cooled while it was outside the heliosphere. Deep in our oceans, fossils of tiny marine organisms known as foraminifera preserve ancient climate data. Oxygen isotopes in those fossils suggest the temperature dropped 2–3 million years ago. Could this be a result of interstellar gas and cosmic rays altering our atmosphere?
“This idea should be revisited with modern atmospheric modelling,” the authors urge.
Eventually, the cloud passed and the heliosphere bounced back. “Earth was inside its protective bubble again,” says Opher. It’s a good place to be.
GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G2): NOAA forecasters say that G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible on June 10th when a CME launched by yesterday’s M9.7 flare is expected to hit Earth. The CME is bright and massive; a direct hit would probably cause a severe geomagnetic storm. However, this will be just a glancing blow, so only moderate storming is likely. Aurora alerts:SMS Text
SOLAR FLARE AND HARD RADIATION STORM: Sunspot AR3664 just did it again. The record-setting active region produced another very strong solar flare on June 8th (0149 UT), hurling a massive plume of plasma into space:
This was an category M9.7 event, only percentage points from X-class. Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a deep shortwave radio blackout across the western Pacific Ocean: map.
The sunspot is currently located in a region of the sun that is magnetically well-connected to Earth. As a result, protons accelerated by the explosion are spiraling toward us, peppering the top of Earth’s atmosphere as well as all spacecraft near our planet. Here’s an example of the effect this can have:
Every speck of ‘snow’ in this SOHO coronagraph movie is caused by an energetic proton striking the spacecraft’s camera. Through the fog you can see a bright CME emerging from the blast site. It will sideswipe Earth on June 10th.
At the moment the radiation storm is category S1 (Minor), several levels below the peak of the scale. It does not pose a biological threat to astronauts or air travelers.
Nevertheless, this storm is interesting because it contains an unusually high fraction of “hard” protons with high energies > 100 MeV. Hard protons are good at charging spacecraft bodies, fogging their cameras, and causing reboots of onboard computers. It would not be a surprise to hear reports of minor satellite problems in the days ahead. Solar flare alerts:SMS Text
The perfection of manifestation reveals the path to liberation. To get rid of the bonds of conditioning, to become free means to return to your original openness and purity. The lesson of Tone 11 is to learn to let go of everything that conditions your perception. Just shake it off! Dissolve all vibrations of tension, lies, and fear. Get ready to experience all the great possibilities of being!
Seal of the Yellow Human
Influence. Free will. Wisdom.
Receive and express the power of free will and influence. Tune your free will to integrity and self-respect. Awaken the faculties dormant in your human form, becoming in tune with the highest, radiant wisdom. Feel and express your openness to all mankind! Honor the wisdom of the companions who walk with you along the path of life. South – expands. Heart chakra. Middle finger on left hand. Motto: I reap the harvest of the wisdom of my free will.
TIMEspace Sync
Earth 3X, Uranus, and Mercury mediate our human evolution in space today. These aspects with Taurus and Saturn are very earth oriented and sync 4D to 3D. Our theme is mediated by Earth and Venus but are dissolving in Tone 11 vibration.
Mars enters Taurus today, where it will transit until July 20th. During this cycle, we can go to great lengths to protect what’s ours and build our feelings of security and comfort. We’re determined, stubborn, and persistent. Mars in Taurus can be a relatively passive influence but full-on when resisting or defending something! In stark contrast to the impulsive Mars-in-Aries cycle, we pursue our goals by plodding along patiently. We’re looking for long-term satisfaction, although we can be particularly focused on creature comforts.
The Sun forms a square to Saturn this morning, and we can be cautious, or we might experience lowered vitality. Sacrifices may be necessary, and we might face obstacles and challenges. Our commitment to downtime can temporarily interfere with interpersonal connections. We face obstacles, but this puts us in the position to recognize our ability to overcome them, instilling a sense of empowerment and confidence. It can be a time to face reality or the practical side of a situation and assume more responsibility. It’s best to conserve energy and downplay the ego rather than fight or push things. (Mercury mediates our Hidden Wisdom as Red 3 Electric Moon.)
On the other hand, with Mercury’s sextile to the Moon’s North Node midday, we might connect with information or people who encourage us to grow, improve, or move forward. (Mercury mediates our Hidden Wisdom as Red 3 Electric Moon tonight.)
The Moon continues its transit of sensitive, protective Cancer until 3:29 PM EDT when the Moon in Leo is outgoing and assertive. The Moon is void from 3:06 PM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Neptune), until the Moon enters Leo at 3:29 PM EDT.
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I activate in order to beautify. Bonding art I seal the store of elegance with the electric tone of service. I am guided by the power of free will.
THE HIGHEST SUNSPOT NUMBER IN 22 YEARS: The average sunspot number for May 2024 was 172, the highest value in 22 years. So far, June is even higher at 200. If this continues for the rest of the month, June could log the highest sunspot counts since Dec. 2001, rivaling the peak of potent Solar Cycle 23. Solar flare alerts:SMS Text
A NOVA WILL EXPLODE THIS SUMMER (PROBABLY): The night sky is about to get a new star. Sometime this summer, astronomers believe, a nova will explode in the constellation Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown). The exploding star will be bright enough to see with the naked eye even from light-polluted cities.
A NASA artist’s concept of the T CrB binary star system
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event,” says Rebekah Hounsell of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “I believe it will create a lot of new astronomers out there.”
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a binary system 3,000 light-years from Earth. It consists of a white dwarf orbiting an ancient red giant. Hydrogen from the red giant is being pulled down onto the surface of the white dwarf, accumulating toward a critical mass. Eventually, it will trigger a thermonuclear explosion.
The last time T CrB exploded was in 1946. About a year before that blast, the system suddenly dimmed–a pattern astronomers called the “pre-eruption dip.” In 2023, T CrB dipped again, heralding a new eruption. If the 1946 pattern repeats itself, the nova should occur between now and September 2024.
A sky map showing the location of T CrB (red circle)
The outburst will be brief. Once it erupts, the nova will be visible to the naked eye for a little less than a week – but Hounsell is confident it will be quite a sight to see. The expected magnitude is between +2 and +3, similar to stars in the Big Dipper.
“Typically, nova events are faint and far away,” says Elizabeth Hays, chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA Goddard. “This one will be really close, with a lot of eyes on it. We can’t wait to get the full picture of what’s going on.”
Solar Cycle 25 is intensifying, and this is reflected in the number of cosmic rays entering Earth’s atmosphere. Neutron counts from the University of Oulu’s Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that cosmic rays reaching Earth are slowly declining–a result of the yin-yang relationship between the solar cycle and cosmic rays.
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