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Rumor of Betelgeuse's Death Greatly Exaggerated

Posted by kdawson on from the holding-out-for-twenty-twelve dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "A rumor is spreading on the Net like wildfire that the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is about to explode in a supernova. This rumor is almost certainly not true. First, it's posted on a doomsday forum. Second, it's three times removed from the source, and is anonymous at each step. Third, the evidence is shaky at best. Plus, even if true, the supernova is too far away to hurt us. But other than that ..."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by El+Lobo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No. If you SEE it going supernova tomorrow, then it already "happened" millions of years ago, so you will feel the effects directly (if any).

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  2. They said the same things about Ron Paul... by BitHive · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This supernova is catching on, I tell you!

  3. The air fore is covering this up and the deep spac by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The air fore is covering this up and the deep space telemetry program are the guys ruining it.

  4. Ford can go home by russlar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yay! Ford Prefect can still go home!

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  5. Re:Of Course! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut your fucking ass. I'm am so sick of common retards like you coming around here trying to act insightful or cute when you're just a fucking retard. Go back to Digg. You'd get along well with those bitches, you fucking mound of dog shit.

  6. Re:Of course it is. by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So far:

    50% Insightful
        30% Overrated
        20% Funny

    50% of the mods are on crack, and to the 30% who modded him "overrated": woosh!

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