https://www.unawe.org/kids/unawe1819/

In June of 1670, two stars, one of them likely a red giant, crashed together, hurling material into space, shown in orange in the image, and leaving behind a brand new star.

The collision actually happened 2,000 years before that, but the light from the event only arrived here at Earth in 1670. The explosion was bright enough that it appeared as a bright new star that was visible to the naked eye in the night sky for several months.

 

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