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  2. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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    The time until Betelgeuse explodes depends on the predicted initial conditions and on the estimate of the time already spent as a red supergiant. The total lifetime from the start of the red supergiant phase to core collapse varies from about 300,000 years for a rotating 25 M ☉ star, 550,000 years for a rotating 20 M ☉ star, and up to a ...

  3. The red giant star Betelgeuse is closer than we thought ... - AOL

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    It gives us a rare opportunity to study what happens to stars like this before they explode,” Joyce stated. If Betelgeuse were too close to Earth, the eventual supernova could cause an ...

  4. Whiddy Island disaster - Wikipedia

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    Plans were further frustrated at Leixões, where a ship had run aground across the harbour entrance, preventing Betelgeuse from berthing there to discharge her cargo. Betelgeuse was then instructed to sail for Whiddy Island. [2] She first put in at Vigo, Spain, to change some of her crew, and then sailed for Whiddy Island on 30 December 1978.

  5. Betelgeuse aftermath: Still recovering from blowing its stack

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    In late 2019 and early 2020, Betelgeuse blew its top. Literally. Around that time the famous bright star marking the right shoulder of Orion suddenly started dimming, dropping to about half its ...

  6. The most fascinating star in our sky inches closer to exploding

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    Humanity has marveled at the vivid star Betelgeuse for many millennia. Over two thousand years ago, this imperious red object in the constellation Orion caught the eye of the Roman poet Horace:But ...

  7. Timeline of the far future - Wikipedia

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    Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lōʻihi), the youngest volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, will rise above the surface of the ocean and become a new volcanic island. [38] c. 300,000 [note 1] At some point in the next few hundred thousand years, the Wolf–Rayet star WR 104 may explode in a supernova.

  8. Betelgeuse mystery solved? New deep-space image stirs up ...

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    One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky has left astronomers puzzled after it has faded dramatically over the last year. Some have speculated that this is a sign of an impending ...

  9. Antares - Wikipedia

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    Antares, like the similarly sized red supergiant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, will almost certainly explode as a supernova, [61] probably in 1.0 to 1.4 million years. [10] For a few months, the Antares supernova could be as bright as the full moon and be visible in daytime. [53]