Giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/06/09/red.giant.star.betelgeuse.mysteriously.shrinking

by marvin • 17 years ago

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mixmax• 17 years ago

From the Wikipedia entry on Betelgeuse: "Some theorists[who?] have speculated that this behavior is expected for a star at the beginning of the gravitational collapse at the end of its life.[citation needed] The mass of Betelgeuse puts it in range to become a neutron star or possibly a black hole."

So this might be what is happening. .

kingsley_20• 17 years ago

Quick, someone see if it's being collapsed upon by a Hrung!

http://hhgproject.org/entries/collapsinghrungdisaster.html http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Collapsing_Hrun...

321abc• 17 years ago

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!

natthew• 17 years ago

This is old news. Why should anyone care about a star that was shrinking more than 500 years ago?

rawr• 17 years ago

Um, because it's home to Ford Prefect?

Like you even have to ask.

Giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking

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