(December 27, 2019 at 5:19 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Betelgeuse is dimming which means it might become a supernova at any minute and if it does it will be very bright on our sky (almost like a second sun) and will be seen even during the day which didn't happen since 1604.
But then again it's maybe just a phase and it won't explode in next 100 thousand years.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/world/bet...index.html
Huh, no. It will be more like a second Venus. It will barely be visible during the day, but the brightest object in the night sky other than the moon.
It’s not clear to me whether there is indeed any theoretical basis to believing a red supergiant like Betelgeuse would in fact suddenly dim right before going supernova, or if this is a case where we are so eager to see a bright nearby supernova before we die that we whip ourselves into a frenzy taking any semi unusual occurances to be the sure sign for end times, for Betelgeuse, at least.
