But there is a chance. I prefer to believe in the more exciting option, which is that it already happened and our descendants will see it a lot sooner than in 200,000 years.
Twinkle winkle Betelgeuse
I'm glad we're far if you let loose
Orion's arm will disappear
By supernova, come some year
Betelgeuse, when torn asunder
Will provoke our awe and wonder
Fun story but when I was a kid I thought there was no fucking way that a damn star had as silly as a name as beetle juice so I always thought it was pronounced "buh-tell-jee-use" cuz that sounded cooler and more sciency to me.
Same thing with Zeus. No way the Greek god of thunder sounded like Dr suess so I called him Zee-us
And living in bumfuck nowhere around tobacco farmers i obviously didn't know anyone else who would even know what either of those two things are so I didn't realize I was wrong about Zeus until 5th grade when I was talking about the Percy Jackson series with a fellow nerd, and didn't know I was wrong on Betelgeuse until like, college
Yes any light coming from Betelgeuse takes 650 years to get to us. But it doesn't really make a difference - Betelgeuse 650 years ago might as well be Betelgeuse in real-time for us.
Probably already happened tbh
Chances aren’t good. Astronomers predict it to go anytime between now and 100,000 years time.
But there is a chance. I prefer to believe in the more exciting option, which is that it already happened and our descendants will see it a lot sooner than in 200,000 years.
There’s a chance. But it’s a mathematically tiny one.
Betelgeuse is 650 light years away, but we talk about our how rather than from its perspective.
Glad to see the Hoagies in the mix.
Twinkle winkle Betelgeuse
I'm glad we're far if you let loose
Orion's arm will disappear
By supernova, come some year
Betelgeuse, when torn asunder
Will provoke our awe and wonder
Bravo, beautiful, truly a masterpiece 🥲
When it happens you’re going to have a lot of people freaking out…
It will be really fun, when Betelguese will turn into juice.
Fun story but when I was a kid I thought there was no fucking way that a damn star had as silly as a name as beetle juice so I always thought it was pronounced "buh-tell-jee-use" cuz that sounded cooler and more sciency to me.
Same thing with Zeus. No way the Greek god of thunder sounded like Dr suess so I called him Zee-us
And living in bumfuck nowhere around tobacco farmers i obviously didn't know anyone else who would even know what either of those two things are so I didn't realize I was wrong about Zeus until 5th grade when I was talking about the Percy Jackson series with a fellow nerd, and didn't know I was wrong on Betelgeuse until like, college
Technically Betelgeuse could already have gone supernova and we wouldn’t know for hundreds of years, right?
Yes any light coming from Betelgeuse takes 650 years to get to us. But it doesn't really make a difference - Betelgeuse 650 years ago might as well be Betelgeuse in real-time for us.
Just don't say its name 3 times in a row