Betelgeuse, one of the most visible stars in our skies, has been behaving strangely over the past few years.
  • OtterMEnglish
    20•9 months ago

    Now, scientists are predicting it will almost disappear from view altogether, albeit briefly, on December 12.

    Scientists predict a passing asteroid named 319 Leona will block Betelgeuse’s view from Earth for up to five seconds – in the same way as the moon eclipses the sun.

    • @XeroxCool
      3•9 months ago

      Check your local time zones. It’s Dec 11th for many. I think about 8pm Dec 11 for EST Americas

  • @Astrealix
    16•9 months ago

    This feels very clickbait lol, thought we somehow knew it was about to go off in a human timescale instead of an astronomical one

    • teft
      8•9 months ago

      This is talking about an occultation of betelgeuse (happening next week) not the impending supernova of betelgeuse (could be tomorrow could be 10,000 years from now).

  • @Illogicalbit
    1•9 months ago

    Were any videos posted of this event? The live stream was canceled due to cloud coverage.