this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
78 points (100.0% liked)

Science

13009 readers
3 users here now

Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
Gaywallet@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
78
[Arxiv Preprint] Betelgeuse to go supernova in in decades (not centuries) (arxiv.org)
submitted 1 year ago by OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org
41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Liome@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not how this works. Our estimates are based on our observations, that are also 642 years late. So if it's going to blow up in say 30 years, in reality it already gone supernova 612 years ago, and we're only gonna see it in 30 years.

[โ€“] focus@lemmy.film 3 points 1 year ago

cool, thanks i didn't know that