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So in T CrB system, both the red giant and the white dwarf can trigger nova events but can we talk about how the red giant is still standing (with the exception that it does not destroy the white dwarf)? 🤯 This is just mind-boggling.

"T CrB is actually even more special than that, because it is one of only 11 known "recurrent" novas, which are seen to go nova repeatedly, with gaps of less than 100 years between explosions."

space.com/the-universe/stars/h

Space · Hold onto your hats! Is the 'blaze star' T Corona Borealis about to go boom?By Keith Cooper