Betelgeuse gonna blow up (2012/doomsday exclusion zone)

[Niven]

beetlejuice?

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[Sabbin]

Apparently its observable radius is decreasing by 300+ miles per hour. It's 85% as big as it was in the 1990s. There are also some "rumors" that it's no longer spherical.

And now you might get to see it go boom!

This will be visible during the daytime by the way

"Don't stare into the Sun."

"Which one?"

[Sirrus]

This would be pretty badass if it happened and didn't kill us, obviously. But if you think about the time frame that cosmic events occur in, it's unlikely, to say the least, that something like this would happen in any predictable manner.

I mean, one human life time is around eighty years. Cosmic events can happen on scales of millions of years. I'm not saying that it couldn't happen in our lifetimes, I'm just saying that it's hard to predict with any accuracy.

[SeventhSandwich]

Apparently its observable radius is decreasing by 300+ miles per hour. It's 85% as big as it was in the 1990s. There are also some "rumors" that it's no longer spherical.

In which case due to the fact it is hundreds of lightyears away, means that it is probably not even there anymore.

[Muffinmix]

This would be pretty badass if it happened and didn't kill us, obviously. But if you think about the time frame that cosmic events occur in, it's unlikely, to say the least, that something like this would happen in any predictable manner.

I mean, one human life time is around eighty years. Cosmic events can happen on scales of millions of years. I'm not saying that it couldn't happen in our lifetimes, I'm just saying that it's hard to predict with any accuracy.

At 600 light years it's too far away to do any damage. 30 light years and less and you're in the danger zone for these types of things. White dwarf/star binaries are much more dangerous and slightly more common threats, but we're a safe enough distance away from any of those as well.

As for predictability, all we effectively have to go by in astronomy is calculated guesses based on uncontrollable events. You can't make a red giant in the lab and have it go supernova for you. So this is pretty exciting stuff especially for the astronomers.

In which case due to the fact it is hundreds of lightyears away, means that it is probably not even there anymore.

Over there, yes, it might as well be gone, but here, it's still there.

[~Eletric~Rocket~]

[Daenth]

-snip-

Yeah, that was real necessary.

[Carly]

Can't wait till baraboom :D

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