Nearby Star May Be Getting Ready to Explode

[Niels Bohr 72]

As you can see Betelgeuse is highly unstable with convection cells tens of millions of kilometers across

[Krikit 1,164]

I am less afraid of GRB's than GWB's.

Ah, I was wondering how politics would be brought into this thread. Nice one.

You know it had to be done. The illegals should be arriving any moment.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

That star is on my normal star tour when I pull out my scope.

Hope I have my new CCD cam ready for it, if it explodes soon.

[Niels Bohr 72]

When it explodes, it doesn't happen instantly in space....i gradually expands day by day....but, i'm excited to see the exploding betejuice....sort of

Edited June 11, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It would be kinda neat to see something like that

It will be the end of days.

Nostradamus time.

I bet it happens in 2012.

It would definitely qualify as a "sign in the sky" talked about in end-time prophecy.

I took Astronomy 101 in 1991 so I can state with certainty we have nothing to fear.

Cosmic Cannon: How an Exploding Star Could Fry Earth

By Robert Roy Britt

Senior Science Writer

posted: 07:00 am ET

Well, you can't believe all scientists, Gary.

[almaty 19]

*ouch*

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

When it explodes, it doesn't happen instantly in space....i gradually expands day by day....but, i'm excited to see the exploding betejuice....sort of

another consolemaster greatest hit.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29676

[Teacher Mark 53]

It would be kinda neat to see something like that

It will be the end of days.

Nostradamus time.

I bet it happens in 2012.

It would definitely qualify as a "sign in the sky" talked about in end-time prophecy.

I took Astronomy 101 in 1991 so I can state with certainty we have nothing to fear.

Cosmic Cannon: How an Exploding Star Could Fry Earth

By Robert Roy Britt

Senior Science Writer

posted: 07:00 am ET

Well, you can't believe all scientists, Gary.

G man that was a joke.

Edited June 11, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[Bobby+Umit 161]

It would be kinda neat to see something like that

It will be the end of days.

Nostradamus time.

I bet it happens in 2012.

It would definitely qualify as a "sign in the sky" talked about in end-time prophecy.

I took Astronomy 101 in 1991 so I can state with certainty we have nothing to fear.

Cosmic Cannon: How an Exploding Star Could Fry Earth

By Robert Roy Britt

Senior Science Writer

posted: 07:00 am ET

Well, you can't believe all scientists, Gary.

G man that was a joke.

I am more concerned when the Andromeda galaxy collides with ours...

Lucky space is very big and very empty... sort of

Of course there is always this:

Sol System future could be bumpy...

It’s happened before, and it could happen again: Planets in the inner solar system may collide if gravitational interactions substantially disturb now-stable orbits, a new study suggests.

Scientists and mathematicians have long known that the equations describing the orbital motions of any group of three or more objects can’t be solved exactly. Even with the most powerful computers, it is hopeless to try to determine precisely what planetary orbits will look like more than a few million years in the future, says Jacques Laskar of the Paris Observatory. The results of any single simulation offer nothing more than one possible outcome, but running a large number of simulations can provide insights into overall probabilities, he notes

Edited June 11, 2009 by Bobby_Umit

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Gee, I hope Obama can do something about this once he takes office.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Gee, I hope Obama can do something about this once he takes office.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Gee, I hope Obama can do something about this once he takes office.

You forgot to post that as cyclops. Busted!

[Niels Bohr 72]

Nothing is as big as this

[Niels Bohr 72]

We're technically on the outside being sucked by the supermassive black hole.