Could Betelgeuse Go Boom? 383
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!"
Nova Post! (Score:4, Funny)
Boom!
when it will happen (Score:5, Funny)
It's probably gonna blow the next time Lydia yells Betelgeuse 3 times.
Probable cause? (Score:5, Funny)
Global warming.
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse (Score:4, Funny)
Nebulous (Score:4, Funny)
Where's the kaboom? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New doomsday scenario? (Score:5, 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
Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. (Score:5, 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.
Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. (Score:5, 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.
Heart of Gold (Score:4, Funny)
Let's hope Zaphod or Ford weren't visiting relatives at the time.
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
I hope this doesn't interfere with the Green Orion Women Slave Trade from Star Trek...
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:4, Funny)
"Show us your Warcraft main".
Your case is proven.
Your point being?
- Nefarious Wheel, 40 years an IT geek, also PVP Geared 80 Mage, 80 Hunter
Re:Aliens better shield us with something.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nova Post! (Score:4, Funny)
Oh no! (Score:5, 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?
Re:Insensitive Clod (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nova Post! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Correction - not a supernova (Score:5, 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.
Re:Yes (Score:2, Funny)
As compared to, it would be called noise if it created a meme.
Re:Obligitory Hitchhiker's reference (Score:4, Funny)
That's not a supernova, you see, Betlegeuse was just in the way of an interstellar expressway.
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Insensitive Clod (Score:5, Funny)
Oh noes, a lethal grammar ray burst!
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:1, Funny)
The day I see Comic Sans on Slashdot someone is gonna freakin' die.
Re:Wow, Great Summary (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.
Re:Near future (Score:2, Funny)
Or might have blown a few million years ago....
Did the speed of light slow down again? Really you'd think they'd put out a chain-letter or something.
chk chk ka-boom (Score:2, Funny)
I saw it! The fat red giant said to the red dwarf "Oi bro! you're perturbing my orbit".
The dwarf star said 'Nah man, I didn't for shit, eh' and the other one goes: 'I will call on my fully sick planets, eh'. And then underwent gravitational collapse and chk-chk ka-boom!
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:5, Funny)
Journal pages, friends/foes + geeks =
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Re:when it will happen (Score:2, Funny)
It's probably gonna blow the next time Lydia yells Betelgeuse 3 times.
Lydia the Tattooed Lady?
/ducks
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia the Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so, and a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopedia.
Oh Lydia the queen of tattoo. On her back is The Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it, The Wreck of the Hesperus, too.
And proudly above waves the red, white, and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
La-la-la...la-la-la. La-la-la...la-la-la.
Re:New doomsday scenario? (Score:1, Funny)
Really. Cross-section is ~10e-40 cm^2, average energy is 1 MeV-ish. You work it out.
42!!
Re:Nova Post! (Score:1, Funny)
Is Cowardon a new particle?
Re:Nova Post! (Score:3, Funny)
because the first we'd know about it would be the gamma burst
No, no, no, the first way to tell if a star has already gone supernova is by the change in graviton waves.
Just need to finish figuring out how to detect those... maybe if we supply more power to the lateral sensor array...
Re:Nova Post! (Score:3, Funny)
Turns out it was Mostly Harmless.
Re:Nova Post! (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, thinking about this rationally, I'm sure the Jedi could detect it ahead of time as planets in it's wake are destroyed.
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:3, Funny)
Star go boom! Big word scary! Chemicals are mean! Vroom vroom car!
Yes? Yes? Go on.
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:3, Funny)
You must be new here... ;)