Posted on 02/25/2015 6:57:23 AM PST by C19fan
Global warming will kill us all before then, Al Gore told me so...
I am just glad that they reminded us, twice, that the Sun is the brightest object in our sky.
If Betelgeuse exploded today, our descendants would see it in about 400 years, provided we have not become extinct by then. If we saw Betelgeuse explode today, that means it blew up 400 years ago.
It goes BOOM! Okay, not really. No sound in space. But if there was, it’d be a really big BOOM!
According to Wikipedia, its distance is 643 light years (plus or minus 146). So it could have exploded during the Battle of Agincourt and we won't find out for a few more decades.
According to Wikipedia, its distance is 643 light years (plus or minus 146). So it could have exploded during the Battle of Agincourt and we won't find out for a few more decades.
Why would any list of brightest objects in the night sky include the sun?
Well, if it blows today, it will hit us in 2415, or just in time to prevent the Mariners from winning their first World Series.
So you are expecting the Cubs to be the NL team in the 2415 World Series?
Beats me, but it reminds me of an old joke:
Two drunks stumble out of a bar at closing time. One of them sees a bright object in the sky and asks the other, "Is that the sun or the moon?" The other man answers, "Sorry, I'm a stranger around here myself."
Beats me, but it reminds me of an old joke:
Two drunks stumble out of a bar at closing time. One of them sees a bright object in the sky and asks the other, "Is that the sun or the moon?" The other man answers, "Sorry, I'm a stranger around here myself."
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