Enigmatic 17th century nova wasn’t a nova at all
It was a rare stellar crash, researchers find
![Chart of Nova Vul 1670](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ht_Mystery-Solved-nova_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FOOLS THE EYE The position of Nova Vul (red circle) within the swan constellation was charted in the journal Philosophical Transactions in 1670.
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