Star Explosion Expected to Create Spectacular Light Show in 2022

This binary star system is known as KIC 9832227 and consists of two stars that orbit each other once every 11 hours or so. "It's a one-in-a-million chance that you can predict an explosion" of a star, Larry Molnar, an astronomy professor at Calvin College who predicted the timing of the binary collision, said in a statement from the college. Molnar has been studying this binary star system since 2013 with the help of astronomy students at Calvin College.