OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years ago[Arxiv Preprint] Betelgeuse to go supernova in in decades (not centuries)arxiv.orgexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-link[Arxiv Preprint] Betelgeuse to go supernova in in decades (not centuries)arxiv.orgOmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareLiomelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoThat’s not how this works. Our estimates are based on our observations, that are also 642 years late. So if it’s going to blow up in say 30 years, in reality it already gone supernova 612 years ago, and we’re only gonna see it in 30 years.
That’s not how this works. Our estimates are based on our observations, that are also 642 years late. So if it’s going to blow up in say 30 years, in reality it already gone supernova 612 years ago, and we’re only gonna see it in 30 years.
cool, thanks i didn’t know that