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Mar 17, 2024 · The answer has been: Maybe today. Maybe a thousand years from now. But since 2019, there’s been a noticeable uptick in Betelgeuse’s brightening and dimming. A paper published in June 2023...
Mar 17, 2024 · A 2023 paper predicts that Betelgeuse’s core will exhaust its carbon fuel in less than 300 years and that “a core collapse leading to a supernova explosion is expected in a few tens of...
Jun 1, 2023 · In the paper, posted on the online repository Arxiv on May 16, MacLeod and his colleagues, rather than expecting a supernova, predict that Betelgeuse will return within the next five to 10 years...
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Jun 6, 2023 · Now the red supergiant star has brightened by almost 50%, and that has the speculation ramping up again. Betelgeuse will explode as a supernova. On that, there is universal agreement. But the...
Jul 10, 2023 · To measure its diameter is therefore not easy, yet, the case for determining Betelgeuse's remaining lifetime rests on the star's size. In the new controversial study, a team of astronomers...
Jun 13, 2023 · Why do scientists think Betelgeuse may explode? A star’s life is spent converting hydrogen into helium as its fuel, a process that prevents it from collapsing under its own weight. However,...
May 15, 2023 · By Meghan Bartels. A telescopic view of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion that will someday explode as a powerful supernova. ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 ...
