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Is Betelgeuse About To Explode?
Forbes ^
| 12/25/2019
| Ethan Siegel
Posted on 12/31/2019 10:26:42 AM PST by jonatron
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Located at 28degrees of Gemini, on the Left side of Orion (his right Shoulder)
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:26:42 AM PST
by
jonatron
To: jonatron
Well, if it is, then it already has. :)
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:27:31 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
To: jonatron
... ocated a mere 640 light-years away. So if it explodes today, it will have exploded 640 years ago.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:28:23 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: jonatron
I don’t even know what it is. But I DO know it will be blamed on Trump
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:29:03 AM PST
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
To: jonatron
I’m pretty sure we can still blame our fossil fuel use for it anyway.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:30:27 AM PST
by
GMMC0987
To: cuban leaf
Well, if it is, then it already has. :)
That's right, and one of the amazing aspects of astronomy.
Is there any way to know if it's even still there in real time?
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:31:16 AM PST
by
jonatron
(Land of the Free, Home of the Brave)
To: jonatron
Don’t say the name three times in a row and it’ll be fine.
To: jonatron
Some stars just can’t keep their stuff together.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:31:28 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: jonatron
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:32:04 AM PST
by
Liaison
(TANSTAAFL)
To: jonatron
Don’t they mean did Betelgeuse explode 640 years ago?
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:32:27 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump's success means their failure. They would rather destroy America than see him succeed.)
To: jonatron
Someone get grrrrrrrreta on the phone STAT!
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:32:50 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: cuban leaf
It blowed up real good like.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:33:35 AM PST
by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man)
To: jonatron
“Betelgeuse” —Arabic for “Orion’s armpit.”
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:33:40 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: jonatron
Magnitude of Betelgeuse, starting in 1970
To: cuban leaf
“Well, if it is, then it already has. :)”
Yep, at 640 light years away, it probably has.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:34:01 AM PST
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you care!)
To: jonatron
Hope so. It would be very cool.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:34:30 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
Zaphod is likely responsible.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:35:13 AM PST
by
Rio
To: jonatron
we’ve seen a few explode since trump won...
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:35:31 AM PST
by
heavy metal
(relax everyone those aren't earthquakes, just the reverberations of three years of stompy feet)
To: heavy metal
Be great if they actually exploded...:)
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:37:17 AM PST
by
Leep
(Many shall be deceived ( by liberals ))
To: jonatron
"Similar dimming events have occurred before, reducing the brightness of Betelgeuse below even what it currently is at."Whoever wrote this thing must have slept through grammar class.
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posted on
12/31/2019 10:39:45 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump's success means their failure. They would rather destroy America than see him succeed.)
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