Don't panic it has four on the floor.
Posted on 12/19/2014 7:00:13 AM PST by C19fan
It contains one of the biggest and brightest stars in our galaxy, weighing at least 90 times the mass of the sun. The Eta Carinae star system, however, also has a dark side - it could bring the end of life on Earth. However, the good news is that experts say this is 'extremely' unlikely - but cannot rule it out.
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Yes, but you must understand that our (this planet’s) irresponsible practice of generating anything liberals don’t like is likely responsible for that impending super nova...:0)
These guys can’t get some Climate “Science” money?
Bring it on.
Would be better than Hillary.
Doubtful. While Betelgeuse is clearly within its death throes, it is not the type of star that goes nova. It will, over time, shrink as it uses up the last of its fuel and wind up a white dwarf and eventually a dark cinder of heavy materials.
Women and minorities hardest hit!
Who’s ready for another margarita? Damnit! We’re out of mix. I’ll go to the store and get some more mix before this thing blows up or burns us up or whatever.
From what I understand most estimates of the solar mass of Betelgeuse exceeds the minimum required for a supernova although as you mention if the lower estimated are true then it will just fade away.
Do you mean to say that we’re all gonna die? We are DOOMED? Say it isn’t so! ;-)
Per wikipedia (for what that’s worth), there’s still an expectation that it will go nova:
“Like many young stars in Orion whose mass is greater than 10 \begin{smallmatrix}M_\odot\end{smallmatrix}, Betelgeuse will use its fuel quickly and not live long. On the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Betelgeuse has moved off the main sequence and has swelled and cooled to become a red supergiant. Although young, Betelgeuse has probably exhausted the hydrogen in its core—unlike its OB cousins born about the same time—causing it to contract under the force of gravity into a hotter and denser state. As a result, it has begun to fuse helium into carbon and oxygen producing enough radiation to unfurl its outer envelopes of hydrogen and helium. Its mass and luminosity are such that the star will eventually fuse higher elements through neon, magnesium, sodium, and silicon all the way to iron, at which point it will probably collapse and explode as a type II supernova.[60][95]”
Don't panic it has four on the floor.
Uh-oh, how much is this going to cost me?
If you say Betelgeuse 3 times in a row it will blow up.
I have my towel.
Umbrellas! Get yer umbrellas here! Don’t let cosmic radiation fry ya. Git yer umbrella today. Only $99.95 and I’ll throw in this rugged faux leather carrying case.
Without stars like this there would be no earth-like rocky planets.
And no Rocky or Bullwinkle!
These supermassive stars during their lifetimes and when they blow are the greatest chemical factories in the universe. I believe they produce all the elements above carbon. Less massive stars can fuse up to carbon.
Now see what Bush has done....we need new restrictions on stargazing so we can prevent this disaster. I’d say a 10% tax on all telescopes and match the tax on medical implements
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