Could Betelgeuse DESTROY Earth? #shorts

if beetlejuice were to explode creating a supernova would it destroy earth beetlejuice is the second brightest star in the constellation orion and it sparked the excitement around the world when it began dimming noticeably in 2019. the strange dimming caused some to believe the big event was close at hand by february 2020 the star had lost more than two-thirds of its brightness astrophysicists say we'd have to be within 50 light years of a supernova for it to harm us and betelgeuse is over 500 light years away and the strange dimming was caused by a cloud of hot gas released by the star that temporarily blocks some of the star's light

Channel: Chuck's Astrophotography

Views: 943,839

Keywords: earth, astronomy, Betelgeuse

Id: DKO-l6-8hnU

Length: 0min 43sec (43 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 26 2022