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Could Betelgeuse Go Boom?

Posted by timothy on from the betelgeuse-betelgeuse-betelgeuse-winona dept.

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!"

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  1. Nova Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Boom!

    1. Re:Nova Post! by auLucifer · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was only a very little supernova, also discovered by a very little astronomer

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  2. when it will happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's probably gonna blow the next time Lydia yells Betelgeuse 3 times.

  3. Probable cause? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Global warming.

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  4. Where's the kaboom? by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!

  5. Re:New doomsday scenario? by GrpA · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    GrpA

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  6. Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  7. Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  8. Oh no! by lord_mike · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope this doesn't interfere with the Green Orion Women Slave Trade from Star Trek...

  9. Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. by Xaoswolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, we better hope it happens during the day when the stars aren't out.

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  10. Oh no! by ggvaidya · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  11. Re:Correction - not a supernova by bnenning · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  12. Re:Insensitive Clod by CptNerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh noes, a lethal grammar ray burst!

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  13. Re:Wow, Great Summary by Quothz · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  14. Re:Wow, Great Summary by lxs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Journal pages, friends/foes + geeks =

    OMG! Slashdot is the first antisocial networking site.