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Betelgeuse is at the very end of its life. When it first ignited, the dinosaurs had already been extinct for over 50 million years.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

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5/9/26, 12:37 pm1 repost5 likes

Nils Gilman

@nilsgilman.bsky.social

5 Sept

When the juice goes nova, it’ll be moon-bright from earth

John Roddy

@roddyi.com

5 Sept

The good news is that the previous estimate for that occurring in "hundreds of thousands of years" has since been significantly reduced. Unfortunately, it's probably still hundreds *or* thousands of years away, so we stand little chance of seeing it. :/