Bad Astronomy Blog confirms the Betelgeuse rumor is FALSE

[unixronin]

(Finally, solid data!)

20100601-22:02:  However much fun it would have been to watch the light show, it seems finally a reputable source, the Bad Astronomy Blog on discovermagazine.com, has weighed in.  And, as most of us expected from the start, the original rumor is just that and nothing more:  An unsubstantiated rumor.  There's no actual new observations of Betelgeuse that would suggest it's any closer to going supernova than we already believed it was 20 years ago.  "No BOOM! today."

I can't say I'm surprised, but I'll admit to being a little disappointed.  A relatively nearby supernova would have been a truly memorable event.

Ah, well.  Just remember — "There's always a BOOM! tomorrow.  Sooner or later ... BOOM!"

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Boom tomorrow and boom yesterday, but never boom today . . .

[polaris93.livejournal.com]

ROFL!

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

The whole purpose of time is to keep everything from happening all at once. (How about little boom today?)