"If the prediction is correct, then for the first time in history, parents will be able to point to a dark spot in the sky and say, 'Watch, kids, there's a star hiding in there, but soon it's going to light up.'" Calvin College Dean Matt Walhout touted the discovery by one of his professors in a press release. Coming soon to a piece of the sky near you … two stars that make up a binary system will collide with each other and create a new star that will be clearly visible on Earth without a telescope. That prediction was made by Calvin College astronomer Larry Molnar at the recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Texas. He's forecasting that the stars in the binary system KIC 9832227 will get close enough to explode in 2022 in a spectacular fashion that could be the brightest light in the sky. "Prediction" is a term that should be used loosely here, since the collision must have already occurred. KIC 9832227 is 1800 light years away, which means it happened 1795 years