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And for this here system to go, NOVA, it's a two star system, a binary system. And one is a little white, very densely packed white dwarf. And then, not too, too far away from it, there's a star that's starting to come to an end of its life, and it's starting to flare up, and it's starting to outgas, it's starting to spew off its outer layers. And as it's doing this, the little white dwarf, its gravitational field is starting to draw in the material that the red giant is starting to expel. And as it does this, it draws it down onto its surface. So when enough of this material is drawn down to the surface of the star, it will ignite, and when it ignites, it flares. And that's what we'll be seeing, we'll be seeing it flare. And so there's no exact time when it's going to happen, but it could be any time between now and 2026.