{"id":492,"date":"2010-09-19T08:36:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T22:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=492"},"modified":"2012-09-10T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:40:19","slug":"betelgeuse-supernova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2010\/09\/betelgeuse-supernova-492.html","title":{"rendered":"Will Betelgeuse Go Supernova?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been enough internet chatter for the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2010\/06\/01\/is-betelgeuse-about-to-blow\/\">Bad Astronomy blog<\/a> to address the subject. The known facts appear to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shape of Betelgeuse is changing, indicating a potential supernova &#8211; although it might be many, many years away&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Orthodox science says that only a supernova of 25 light years away (or closer) could harm us, but Betelgeuse at 600 light years cannot<\/li>\n<li>When it does explode, it will be as bright in the sky as the full moon. But appearing much smaller, it will be more intense, and perhaps painful to look at directly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My key concern is the absolute certainty scientists seem to have regarding the harm that can come from supernovas more distant than 25 light years. We receive regular reports of new types of supernova, or stars that do not fit pre-existing models. It seems quite clear that our knowledge of stars is far from complete, that new types of stars and supernova are bound to be discovered, and something bigger and nastier than we have observed to date will exist. To suggest that we are 100% safe is naive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2010\/09\/betelgeuse-supernova-492.html\/betelgeuse\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3991\" title=\"betelgeuse\" src=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/betelgeuse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nothing travels faster than light, but we can potentially be hit with radiation directly after a supernova becomes visible. If you see a supernova, quit staring and get ye to a bunker or similar ASAP. If it turns out to be nothing, you can watch it on YouTube later. If it is a catastrophe, you&#8217;ll be one of the few that ducked for cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is sourced from Seeing Red by Gary A. Davin, in <em>Mindscape 005<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hopi legends talk about the arrival of the Red Star Kachina at the end of the current Fourth World in order to purify humankind. The Maya saw Betelgeuse as the Red Dragonfly associated with Kukulkan, and the related Aztec god Quetzalcoatl was sometimes depicted with red skin and a dragonfly headdress. Both gods are said to appear at the conclusion of present cycle.<\/p>\n<p>According to authors Chris Morton and Ceri Thomas, The Maya considered the dragonfly to be one of the symbols of Kukulcan also known as Quetzalcoatl whose spirit is said to be connected with the fulfillment of the Mayan Calendar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been enough internet chatter for the Bad Astronomy blog to address the subject. The known facts appear to be:<\/p>\n<p>The shape of Betelgeuse is changing, indicating a potential supernova &#8211; although it might be many, many years away&#8230;<br \/>\nOrthodox science says that only a supernova of 25 light years away (or closer) could harm us, but Betelgeuse at 600 light years cannot<br \/>\nWhen it does explode, it will be as bright in the sky as the full moon. But appearing much smaller, it will be more intense, and perhaps painful to look at directly<\/p>\n<p>My key concern is the absolute certainty scientists seem to have regarding the harm that can come from supernovas more distant than 25 light years. We receive regular reports of new types of supernova, or stars that do not fit pre-existing models. It seems quite clear that our knowledge of stars is far from complete, that new types &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[268],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supernova","tag-betelgeuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3994,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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