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Could Betelgeuse Go Boom?
An anonymous reader writes "The answer is No. In space, nobody can hear you scream. However, it might go supernova in the near future, if it hasn't already. I wanna see that, even if it would permanently disfigure Orion. Ka freaking bam!"
Boom!
It's probably gonna blow the next time Lydia yells Betelgeuse 3 times.
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This constellation ain't big enough for two nebulae!
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There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!
More of note.
If it's 640 light years away, then it probably went boom 640 years ago.
Which only makes sense, since after all, 640 years should be enough for anyone.
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The yield of such a gamma ray blast might x-ray and bake us pretty nicely, but it might be distant enough, hopefully.
But there aren't any aliens around. I wonder if they know something we don't? What we need is a ringworld with the rotation axis at 90 degrees to the direction of Betelgeuse.
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I just read a story today about a lady who missed the Air France flight that killed everyone on board and then today died in a car wreck.
Yeah I think Alanis Morissette is working on the song as we speak.
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Let's hope Zaphod or Ford weren't visiting relatives at the time.
I hope this doesn't interfere with the Green Orion Women Slave Trade from Star Trek...
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Well, we better hope it happens during the day when the stars aren't out.
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Betelgeuse is awesome and very, very pretty - I'd hate for it to turn into another colour or vanish altogether. Isn't there someone we could petition to stop this?
it was just Disaster Area tuning up for their gig tonight 600 years ago
Please consult Dr. Streetmentioner's reference for the proper use of the Relativistic Simul-Past-Present tense.
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That's not a supernova, you see, Betlegeuse was just in the way of an interstellar expressway.
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That is one heck of a summary. I really like how a line and a half of text is qualifying as a story these days.
That's what you call your executive summary.
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