🔒 Closed Betelgeuse’s dimming light puzzles astronomers

[RyzenV]

This handout photograph released by The European Southern Observatory (ESO) on February 14, 2020 shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which has been undergoing unprecedented dimming, taken with the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. One of the brightest stars in the Milky Way, the star in the Orion constellation has lost much of its brightness in recent months, while the images also show an apparent change in its shape. ESO/AFP

PARIS — Astronomers have managed to take pictures of Betelgeuse showing that the star, one of the brightest in the Milky Way, has been losing luminosity over recent months, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said on Friday.

The mysterious dimming of one of the most visible stars in the Orion constellation has astronomers scratching their heads, with some saying Betelgeuse could be about to explode while others point to passing conditions.

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mag su supernova na ata ang Betelgeuse

 

[moondhie]

Maybe it turns to a blackhole or a blackhole is sucking the light of betelgeuse.

 

[vio_leta]

Wag lang sana Humantong sa Supernova..

 

[moondhie]

Wag lang sana Humantong sa Supernova..

Yeah i agree with you, it can affect us by the gamma burst which can destroy earth if we hit by it.

 

[RyzenV]

Wag lang sana Humantong sa Supernova..

uu, haha napakalaki pa namang star na yan, kahit 465 Light year ang layo nya sa atin

 

[RyzenV]

pag sumabog raw yan, sing liwanag nya ang fullmoon ,

dalawa na ang mag niningning sa kalangitan

 

[PHC-Minchi]

Yeah i agree with you, it can affect us by the gamma burst which can destroy earth if we hit by it.

No sir wala pong epekto sa earth yan . try to watch what if on youtube or facebook , may topic sila about jan

 

[moondhie]

No sir wala pong epekto sa earth yan . try to watch what if on YôùTùbé or facebook , may topic sila about jan

I know that, malayo sa atin ang betelgeuse about 700 light years. Sa akin lang eh what if or possibilities.

 

[Delta India Charlie Kilo]

Hindi naman yan parang bomba na sasabog at magkakaroon nang blastwave, yung delekado sa mga supernova explosion ay yung cosmic ray nila.

 

[SaintShaye]

Baka nga yung present Betelgeuse ngayon nag supernova na what we see ngayon is yung past