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lewisox171Jan 20, 2011
Can't wait
ikorkyiJan 21, 2011
so it could explode any time in the next million years AND will make night seem like day....
wouldn't that require for it to be positioned somewhere towards the opposite side of the earth than the sun for the one week time frame?
thh204Jan 21, 2011
have you ever seen the constellation orion?
ikorkyiJan 21, 2011
i'm not sure i understand the point of your question
thh204Jan 21, 2011
the star, betelgeuse, is one of (if not the brightest) star of the constellation orion which is one of the most recognizable constellations. it is easily seen at night in the northern hemisphere.
ikorkyiJan 21, 2011
but not in the sourthern...so in order for night to seem like day to everyone, it in fact WOULD have to be as i previously described near opposite of the sun. it essentially being "above" earth makes it so the "night seem like day" comment is inaccurate in some cases.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
regencyandcoFeb 13, 2011
Give ikorkyi a break, he's absolutely right. On earth, Betelgeuse can't be seen anywere under 82.5° South (for it is located about 7.5° north of the celestial equator). Of course no one lives there, but for an observator, no second sun would be witnessed in this area.
Besides, it would take the explosion's light to reach the earth in november for it to be on the opposite side of earth than the sun, thus brightening the whole night.
In may, for example, Betelgeuse is situated right over the sun. The night would still be dark and the day would be twice as bright.
davidtcJan 21, 2011
Well the sun isn't on the night side of Earth and some nights it is still bright enough out to where you don't need extra light to see around. This is cause the light from the sun is bouncing off the moon. Now take another source, one much more powerful and then after a super nova there is now a lot more light bouncing off the moon. Cause it is coming from a different angle, the moon would almost always be a "full" moon. All that extra light bouncing off the moon could easily make the night time bright enough to look like day.
At least that is how I would expect to it work.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
robbh66Jan 22, 2011
You are an idiot, no?
davidtcJan 22, 2011
So reflected light isn't what makes us see the moon and what brightens up the time when it should be dark?
dumbass
robbh66Jan 22, 2011
Not when it's 640 light years away.
Dumbass.
davidtcJan 22, 2011
Perhaps you should look up the power of a supernova.
Humans have seen with their naked eyes supernovas tens of thousands of light years away, oh those were bright enough to be seen during the day. They have seen with their naked eyes supernovas from hundreds of thousands of light years away.
Now take a star that is only 640 light years away and the size of it and you might start to understand why what I said is possible.
sn 1604
sn 1987a
robbh66Jan 22, 2011
Perhaps you should look at simple logic.
It's 30 times closer, yes. But those 640 light years- STILL A LONG WAY. the 1604 and 1987 supernovas could have been 50x brighter, and still not hold a candle to the sun.
To sum up:
You can't look at the sun without going blind.
This supernova will be brighter, but is not going to blind anyone.
Dumbass.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
davidtcJan 23, 2011
Still can't hold a candle to the sun? Really? You mean that thing that glows with light in the middle of the day that isn't called a sun? The thing that revolves around the planet? You mean like that really big light source called the moon?
That thing?
Dumbf**k.
robbh66Jan 23, 2011
Congratulations. You're a f**king idiot.
thelolfoxJan 28, 2011
"The thing that revolves around the planet" OH MY GOD LOL
davidtcJan 28, 2011
Robbh66 doesn't understand the the Moon makes the night sky a lot brighter than if it wasn't there. He doesn't understand that something that doesn't even produce its own light it actually lighting up the night sky.
davidtcJan 23, 2011
Ya, I too would stfu if I was making your comments.
robbh66Jan 23, 2011
"You mean like that really big light source called the moon?"
And you're the one claiming i'm making stupid comments. lol.
davidtcJan 24, 2011
That was my point you idiot. The moon is not a light source and can be seen in the middle of the day.
Underf**kingstand?
spacecowb0yJan 22, 2011
lol, you didn't read the article... did you? It says it's supposed to explode in the near future and that it is 640 light years away. If it exploded today, we would see it in 640 years. Also it's in the constellation orion which is quite visible at night in both hemispheres, it's just oriented differently in the southern hemisphere.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
robbh66Jan 22, 2011
Yes. Except it might have exploded 639 years ago.
TheDon24Jan 22, 2011
give or take a day
a5b19Jan 22, 2011
For all we know, it could have happened already.
jboitnottcomJan 20, 2011
2010 gave us a second sub. That was a nice movie.
nickchopperJan 20, 2011
Yeah, but it all depends how you define "soon".
dandoniaJan 21, 2011
I'm off down the shop soon, if it hasn't happened by then I'm burying the story.
lucas123Jan 21, 2011
Indeed. The star's 520 light years away from us. So for all scientists know, it's already gone supernova and we won't find out for five hundred years or so.
fourofclubsJan 21, 2011
Or 20, if it went supernova 500 years ago...
That's what I'm hoping for. I'd love to see that.
itwasonlyajokeJan 21, 2011
Only 1 million years man. Sheesh, you're so impatient.
breakingnewz10Jan 21, 2011
Lets have to wait for the great wonder experience
jonpaul333Jan 21, 2011
I'm not sure what these words mean in this particular order.
gunwraithJan 21, 2011
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
theboycindersJan 28, 2011
Have you just picked words at random and put them on screen?
virinchiJan 21, 2011
Sub: Orion guides the Sun-Planetary region
Betelgeuse is getting ready to go supernova at 640 LY .
Enlighten yourself- Lead kindly Light Phenomeba to Earth region-100 AU
Vidyardhi Nanduri {cosmology Vedas Interlinks]Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJan 21, 2011
I can't wait to see it! I'll have my camera ready!
hackiewackieJan 21, 2011
"In any event, the Betelgeuse explosion will likely be the most dramatic supernova Earth ever witnesses - well, unless our Sun eventually explodes and destroys our planet, which would probably leave Betelgeuse the runner-up. Either"
...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
texaskid1997Jan 22, 2011
yeah we are all going to die...in billions of years.
PingSEOJan 21, 2011
Digg
madebyjordanJan 21, 2011
Problem vampirefags?
chrisvazquez1Jan 21, 2011
I'll make sure I'm put into cryogenic sleep before I die so hopefully they'll discover a cure for my terminal illness and or wake me to see Betelgeuse go supernova. I'll go of the way of Walt Disney. =)
raspberryfilmJan 21, 2011
Tell us when......we will make a beautifull Timelapse of it!
garmonbozziaJan 21, 2011
ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE
spazattack5000Jan 22, 2011
That has absolutely nothing to do with this. But it's such a random time to quote that so I will digg anyway.
pa035Jan 28, 2011
An Arthur C Clarke fan i see.
garmonbozziaJan 21, 2011
It could have gone supernova when Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world and still none of us will be here to see it. That's kinda depressing.
warpfieldJan 21, 2011
Except for Ray Kurzweil. He'll still be here. :)
cowicideJan 21, 2011
" ... it's predicted to explode in the very near future. Of course, the conversion from stellar to human terms is pretty extreme, as Betelgeuse is predicted to explode anytime in the next million years. ... ", and buried...
optimalinksJan 21, 2011
Yeah.. The title is misleading. It says "soon" then "Betelgeuse is predicted to explode anytime in the next million years" =(
sabz5150Jan 21, 2011
Given cosmological dates... the Earth being 4.5 billion years old and the universe itself at near 13 billion years, one million years is "soon" in those terms. Our measly 90 year life expectancy is barely a flash in the pan.
dandoniaJan 21, 2011
2012 byatch!
quadeJan 21, 2011
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse!
sabz5150Jan 21, 2011
Nice f*cking supernova! HONK HONK!
viralinJan 21, 2011
I was just thinking the exact same thing.
rmuloloJan 21, 2011
say what!
roddackJan 21, 2011
Their idea of soon and my idea of soon are not even in the same ballpark.
dollar0dot02Jan 21, 2011
I may have already gone supernova 500 years ago I we still have no clue.
YourexwifeJan 21, 2011
Damn even if it blows today i would still have to wait 640 years to see it! :(
fadetooneJan 21, 2011
No we wouldn't. We're already 640 years behind. It could have gone nova 639 years ago and we wouldn't know it yet.
elhafJan 21, 2011
You talk as if time is some sort of absolute, independent of position and speed.
Closed AccountJan 22, 2011
For that matter every star in the sky could have gone supernova today and we wouldn't know for a few million years. Everything in the sky we see is in the distant past
fadetooneJan 22, 2011
Except like the Moon. That was only a few seconds ago.
solaniisrexJan 24, 2011
Wait, the moon went supernova!?!?
Oh god, we're all going to die!!!!!!
YourexwifeJan 22, 2011
Oooh yeah! :)
kaegroJan 21, 2011
Is that what Blizzard is waiting for to release D3?
systemerror51Jan 21, 2011
"In any event, the Betelgeuse explosion will likely be the most dramatic supernova Earth ever witnesses - well, unless our Sun eventually explodes and destroys our planet, which would probably leave Betelgeuse the runner-up"
...except that, our Sun won't go bang.
spazattack5000Jan 22, 2011
It'll go more like poof.
shivy18Jan 22, 2011
what she said?
ferretmanJan 21, 2011
Looking forward to seeing this.
dannybuntuJan 21, 2011
That's not what this discovery article says http://news.discovery.com/space/dont-panic-betelgeuse-wont-explode-in-2012.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
donutmasterJan 21, 2011
How is this a good article?
"But still, whether the explosion occurs in 2011 or 1002011 (give or take 640 years for the light to reach Earth), it's going to make for one of the most unforgettable light shows in our planet's history."
Earth could see a star go supernova? The article title made it sound like during our lifetime.
TheTruth00Jan 21, 2011
Yea, very anticlimactic. I was just about to get my shades on and brace myself
spazattack5000Jan 22, 2011
David Caruso will be prepared regardless.
cnldeltaJan 21, 2011
I09 reeks
Closed AccountJan 21, 2011
I hope I get to see it in my life time.
TheTruth00Jan 21, 2011
Yea you might get a chance... if you're a vampire
entroperJan 21, 2011
But if you were a vampire, you wouldn't be able to see it if it happened tomorrow.
TheTruth00Jan 21, 2011
Unless you're a twilight vampire and simply glitter in sunlight (a fact which I am ashamed of knowing)
rchargelJan 21, 2011
Wait, twilight vampires glitter in the sunlight? I didn't think anyone could make the vampire genre any gayer.
rachface11Jan 21, 2011
global week-long supernova party? hell to the yes.
dcwttaoo1Jan 21, 2011
yea FUN.... NOT
Closed AccountJan 21, 2011
Wish I could see that!
armyudeJan 21, 2011
That would suck if there was any life near that star
feverhostJan 21, 2011
Oh crap.. it will happen in 2011... OR!!!! a million years in the future. Phew.. thanks for cutting down the time frame. I was thinking like a BILLION TRILLION GAZILLION years from now... *sigh* lol
pseideldesignJan 21, 2011
For a short while I can pretend I'm on Tatooine
jesusfreak216Jan 21, 2011
ford move!
KRESHJan 21, 2011
" 99 per cent of the energy in the supernova is released in these particles that will come through our bodies and through the Earth with absolutely no harm whatsoever.".... But the 1% will be just enough to destroy the human race.
Closed AccountJan 21, 2011
If you want it to happen now, you just have to say Betelgeuse three times.
msheddJan 21, 2011
Than 600 years later we will see the light
dptbear3893Jan 21, 2011
tatooine
harrisbradleyJan 22, 2011
No... there is but one and his name is Kah-El.
MartinMerschrothJan 22, 2011
Even if this happens 2011 it will still take the light 640 years to get to earth but boy am I excited!
TanakaKhanJan 22, 2011
that would cool to see
themanichoJan 22, 2011
Quote: "is predicted to explode anytime in the next million years." -FLM.
publikjohn9Jan 22, 2011
Wonder how thats gonna affect that global warming stuff?
iwasnevyJan 22, 2011
That would be. so. cool.
0a0563Jan 22, 2011
yawn....
hoghugJan 22, 2011
Been there, seen that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/sci_nat_enl_1175192786/html/1.stm
ilmciJan 22, 2011
Amazing.....
I Can't Wait . . .
Urrrhghh 10-02-11....