Betelgeuse Gets Darker, But It's Probably Not Going To Explode (Yet)

[Winston]

If it replaced the sun, it is so large that it would engulf every planet out to and including Jupiter. However, there is a surprising amount of uncertainty about all kinds of data about it like its true size and distance from us.

Betelgeuse Gets Darker, But It's Probably Not Going To Explode (Yet)



What’s a safe distance between us and a supernova?

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/supernove-distance

Will the Star Betelgeuse explode someday?

https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/betelgeuse-will-explode-someday

 

[dr wogz]

what happens if I say it 3 times?!

 

[shreadvector]

what happens if I say it 3 times?!

you will sing

 

[Mushtang]

I also read this morning about some newly detected gravitational waves coming from that direction of the universe. If they are related that could mean something major happened out there.

 

[Winston]

This Is What We'll See When Betelgeuse Really Does Go Supernova
23 Jan 2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/starts...lgeuse-really-does-go-supernova/#2c768a2d43a2

The constellation Orion as it would appear if Betelgeuse went supernova. The star would shine approximately as brightly as the full Moon: