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- The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but the Arawaks populated the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, which provided labor on the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. In 2017, Hurricane Irma passed over the island of Barbuda, devastating the island and forcing the evacuation of the population to Antigua. Almost all of the structures on Barbuda were destroyed and the vegetation stripped, but Antigua was spared the worst.
- When will the Next T CrB Eruption Occur? (iopscience.iop.org)
The first eruption of the periodic nova T CrB for eighty years is anticipated soon, though with an unknown date. A refinement of the future eruption date is investigated. The investigation is based on the combination of the previous eruption dates and on the orbital ephemeris of the binary system, without any hypothesis on the eruption mechanism. It is predicted that the next eruption should appear around 2025 March 27 or November 10, or later.