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To: samtheman
Betelgeuse has a 30 year rotation, and the star's axis isn't pointing anywhere near us.

https://www.obspm.fr/the-slow-rotation-of-the-red.html?lang=en


A Gamma Ray Burst is not associated with a Betelgeuse-type red supergiant explosion. GRBs are short lived events that are believed to be caused by the catastrophic collision between two stars spiraling in on each other, typically neutron stars, or the explosion or a Wolf-Rayet type star.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/the-universe/85-supernovae/general-questions/407-what-causes-gamma-ray-bursts-intermediate

107 posted on 01/01/2020 2:45:04 AM PST by Gideon7
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To: Gideon7

So no Incredible Hulk super powers?


108 posted on 01/01/2020 2:49:42 AM PST by kaboom
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