An artist’s conception of V1674 Hercules, a classical nova hosted in a binary star system that is made up of a white dwarf and dwarf companion star. (Image credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF))

An artist’s conception of V1674 Hercules, a classical nova hosted in a binary star system that is made up of a white dwarf and dwarf companion star. (Image credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF))

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