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Giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking
- mixmax 17y agoFrom 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 17y agoQuick, someone see if it's being collapsed upon by a Hrung! http://hhgproject.org/entries/collapsinghrungdisaster.html http://hhgproject.org/entries/collapsinghrungdisaster.html http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Collapsing_Hrung_Disaster_of_Galactic_Sidereal_Year_03758 http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Collapsing_Hrun...
- 321abc 17y agoBetelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!
- natthew 17y agoThis is old news. Why should anyone care about a star that was shrinking more than 500 years ago?
- rawr 17y agoUm, because it's home to Ford Prefect? Like you even have to ask.