If you’re an astrophile, you may remember earlier this year reading about a “once-in-a-lifetime” nova outburst that would cast a bright white light upon the galaxy and paint streaks of pale orange across the night sky.

Astronomers predict that a bright new star will soon appear in the night sky as a result of a cosmic explosion that occurred roughly 3,000 years ago. Known as T. Coronae Borealis (T CrB), this star is part of a recurring nova system,

Any night now, the astrophysicists tell us, a new star will appear in the night sky—about as bright as the North Star—the result of a cosmic explosion in a distant constellation millennia ago.