Betelgeuse, a massive bright reddish star in the Orion constellation, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, has mysteriously shrunk by over 15 percent in the last 15 years and astronomers have not yet determined why, according to a study released Tuesday. (AFP/NASA/File)
2 posted on
06/09/2009 9:47:53 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
supernova - should be a good show
5 posted on
06/09/2009 9:56:11 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: NormsRevenge
It’s running out of geuse.
To: NormsRevenge
"I hate it when that happens"
13 posted on
06/09/2009 10:04:44 PM PDT by
montyspython
(Love that chicken from Popeye's)
To: NormsRevenge
18 posted on
06/09/2009 10:11:10 PM PDT by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: NormsRevenge
What is the distance to Betelgeuse?
25 posted on
06/09/2009 10:26:13 PM PDT by
calex59
To: NormsRevenge
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!!!!!!
27 posted on
06/09/2009 10:31:51 PM PDT by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
To: NormsRevenge
Ok, I start wearing sunscreen tomorrow.
30 posted on
06/09/2009 10:42:42 PM PDT by
budwiesest
(Why are both of California's senators dingbats?)
To: NormsRevenge
Ahh..! You hurt my eyes with that picture.
Guess I shouldn’t have stared..
To: NormsRevenge
So, am I bad for reading that as Beetlejuice?
:-)
60 posted on
06/10/2009 3:14:35 PM PDT by
RikaStrom
(Bitter? Who me? Nah, I'm just clinging to my guns!)
To: NormsRevenge
I have read for years that this star ebbs and flows in brightness.
64 posted on
06/10/2009 9:14:53 PM PDT by
Boiling Pots
(Barack Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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