Betelguese in for a rough time?

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Betelgeuse_braces_for_a_collision

I'll make a note in my diary.

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, ...

 

[orb]

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, ...

Beetlejuice?


Some more links:

• NASA JPL: Betelgeuse Star Braces for Crash with Strange Bar
  
  
• Universe Today: Detailed View of Betelgeuse, on a Collision Course with a Nearby Wall of Dust
  
  
• Slate - Bad Astronomy: Betelgeuse Is About to Hit the Wall
  
  
• SpaceRef: Betelgeuse Braces for a Collision
  
  
• Science Daily: Betelgeuse Braces for a Collision

 

[Ghostrider]

We're all gonna die.

 

[Codz]

We're all gonna die.

I knew it was only a matter of time before you came to boost morale.:lol:

 

[Izack]

We're all gonna die.

Haven't heard that before.

 

[Yoda]

Since Betelguese is unstable anyway (it is predicted to go supernova anytime now) I highly doubt it will still be around in 5000 years to "meet" this wall .

 

[Urwumpe]

Since Betelguese is unstable anyway (it is predicted to go supernova anytime now) I highly doubt it will still be around in 5000 years to "meet" this wall .

Just like Yellowstone is predicted to erupt anytime now.

OK, anytime between now and in 50,000 years.

Similar for Betelgeuse, which is instable, but we have no idea, for how long it will be instable, before reaching final fatal stability.

 

[Ghostrider]

We're all gonna die in 50'000 years.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

We're all gonna die in 50'000 years.

For our Canadian friends, the leafs may finally have won the cup by then :rofl:

If I live to 50000 I think I'll have no problem with that

 

[Urwumpe]

We're all gonna die in 50'000 years.

Thats no reason for a sad face. Worse is the prospect of "We're all working for the next 40,000 years."

 

[Gerdih]

a supernova from Betelgeuse would be able to kill us? :blink:

 

[Izack]

For our Canadian friends, the leafs may finally have won the cup by then :rofl:

If I live to 50000 I think I'll have no problem with that

Only if the other team was at Yellowstone.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

a supernova from Betelgeuse would be able to kill us? :blink:

No, I think thats his standard greeting/punchline

Only if the other team was at Yellowstone.

Im not sure I follow.

 

[Izack]

Im not sure I follow.

The Leafs play the Canucks. Some time before the game, the Canucks go to Yellowstone. Yellowstone erupts, everyone dies. The Leafs win.

Edit: Well, that only gets them one game. I suppose every other team would have had to go to Yellowstone for them to win the cup.

 

[Mattyv]

a supernova from Betelgeuse would be able to kill us? :blink:

No, I've been told it's too far away and there's very little risk of a gamma ray burst in our direction.

However, we're going to be in for a really spectacular show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Approaching_supernova

 

[Screamer7]

Yes, it would be a show of a lifetime. It may be even visible in broad daylight!!!
Anyway, the night sky will be different for a couple of weeks.

 

[Notebook]

Small relevance to Beetle....stuff. But why not:

Who says Oaisis are original///

N.

 

[Unstung]

Since Betelguese is unstable anyway (it is predicted to go supernova anytime now) I highly doubt it will still be around in 5000 years to "meet" this wall .

Betelgeuse is expected to explode soon, i.e. within a million years. Five thousand years is only a fraction of that, but in a cosmic scale a million years is nothing. The idiom "not in a million years" is amusing for this reason, because I consider that amount of time to not be very long.