I hope that’s true! We’re about at the perfect distance from Betelgeuse; far enough away that it won’t hurt us, but close enough to get a great fireworks show!
I’m not sure about not hurting part. Yes, it will not cause a full on extinction, but extra night brightness will indeed kill some nocturnal species. Even caretta carettas might go extinct due to their newborns rely on stars for finding the sea.
Plus we don’t have very solid data for super novas considering how rare they are on a human time scale, we have never had this good of instruments to observe such a huge event so closely and precisely.
I hope that’s true! We’re about at the perfect distance from Betelgeuse; far enough away that it won’t hurt us, but close enough to get a great fireworks show!
I’m not sure about not hurting part. Yes, it will not cause a full on extinction, but extra night brightness will indeed kill some nocturnal species. Even caretta carettas might go extinct due to their newborns rely on stars for finding the sea.
Plus we don’t have very solid data for super novas considering how rare they are on a human time scale, we have never had this good of instruments to observe such a huge event so closely and precisely.
I really hope I live to see this super nova!