Posted on 05/23/2023 11:59:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
Turn it up to 11 Hotblack!
Betelgeuse dims - its going to blow
Betelgeuse brightens - its going to blow
Scientists know nothing
They really do not know it is near its life end.
All theories and speculation.....mostly for attention.
I’m skeptical. The “scientists “ quoted oh so smugly about this oscillating star returning to “normal” never justified their conclusions.
And, if they really did know what was happening, “they” should have been predicting this dimming and the changes BEFORE they happened.
Rather, they are merely inventing reasons for each new phenomenon AFTER it occurs. 550 years ago.
We are merely looking at what occurred before the light got here to see!
Keep in mind that we haven't seen a supernova this close since long before the dawn of modern astronomy and physics. We don't know much about how to read the signs of an approaching one.
They really don’t know how far it is. It could be much closer. Maybe around 500 light years. As long as a supernova is at least 50 light-years away we should be safe here on Earth.
I guess that means it may have gone supernova 699 years ago and we will find out about it next year. Dems will blame it on Trump, climate change and white supremacy.
Hollywood is making a sequel to the movie....
I bet this is just ‘buzz’ from the studio.
Make them go away.
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!
Betelgeuse, located around 700 light-years from Earth, went supernova 695 years ago so that gives everyone time to “party like no tomorrow” because there won’t be one ....
You left out gas stoves.
People tend to miss the great INTEL inside the puns.
Genesis 1
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Willie Nelson was really onto something when he sang that the stars are raindrops searching for a place to fall.
Sneaky -- who would ever believe it, being mixed in with the fake news that "I never cared for you."
Bet-el-geuse,
ביטלג'וז
Bethel: The house (Bet) of the God (El) of the Jews, aka the Temple.
A true pun star!
ביטלג'וז
= 67, the same as Lev Yehudi [לב יהודי], a Jewish heart.
“the red giant star Betelgeuse just will not stop with the wackiness.”
Whatever it was doing 700 years ago, it is probably doing something else today.
The article reads as if Betelgeuse is fluctuating now. For all we know, it went supernova about when Columbus discovered America.
let them be for signs.............................
Right, astrophysicists who’ve dedicated a lifetime to this science and have a reputation to protect just spout this stuff to annoy you.
Nope. I studied this stuff myself. Like climate change, we really don't know enough about the end life of stars. We really don't know about unusual stars. This could just be a really unusual star behaving odd for some reason we cannot fathom and have never observed.
When the data is limited, you can make a hypothesis, but you really cannot be sure.
Venus was very bright last night.
Thought this was about former mayor Lightfoot!
It’s about the coming fate of Stacey The Whale Abrams. There she blows!
Obviously this was caused by global warming and income inequality.
Has anyone estimated how bright the supernova will be from Earth? How will this compare to past famous supernovas? Visible during the day?
Now we know why they’re giving those satellite phones to all those Senators...
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