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

[unearthed.myid.net (from livejournal.com)]

well this article doesn't confirm or prove the rumor false, actually this article doesn't introduce us any new information, it just highlights the fact that the source can't be trusted as a reliable one, which any sane person already realized. So I don't know how is it a "solid data"...

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It's a reliable source stating that there is no such dramatic new observation. That outweighs the original unsubstantiated "My son works at Mauna Kea, and he said..."