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All About The Dimming Red Giant Star
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02/09/2024
Facts about the red giant star and where to find it are explained by Space.com's Chelsea Gohd. [Betelgeuse: The Eventual Supernova]
Credit: Space.com / produced & edited by Steve / Chelsea Gohd / Judi Stroh
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
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No, I'm not talking about the ghoulish star of the hit film from 1988.
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I'm talking about the other Beetlejuice star.
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Beetlejuice is one of the brightest stars in our night sky.
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It's relatively close to Earth at just 642.5 light years away.
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And it's seriously massive.
00:29
About 20 times the mass of our Sun.
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Astronomers have been observing the star for decades.
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But while observing the star in late 2019, some astronomers noticed that it was seriously
00:42
dimming and fast.
00:44
Now, every star will one day die in a fiery explosion known as a supernova.
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And being approximately 8.5 million years old, some astronomers thought that Beetlejuice,
00:55
a star with a life expectancy of about 9 million years, might just be dimming in preparation
01:01
for its demise.
01:02
However, in speaking with scientists and astronomers about the star's strange behavior, it seems
01:08
as though it's likely that Beetlejuice isn't preparing for its fiery end.
01:13
It could just be going through an especially dim period.
01:16
In fact, many astronomers think that Beetlejuice might not explode for another 100,000 years.
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Still, whether or not Beetlejuice is preparing to go supernova, astronomers and sky watchers
01:28
all over the globe suggest that people still look up to observe the star as it goes through
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these strange changes.
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So how can you spot Beetlejuice in the night sky?
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Well, if you live in the northern hemisphere, look south.
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And vice versa, if you live in the southern hemisphere, look north.
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And you'll see the constellation Orion.
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On the upper left of the constellation, right at Orion's shoulder, you should be able to
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spot an orange-reddish star.
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That's Beetlejuice.
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So whether the famous star goes supernova tonight, tomorrow, or in 100,000 years, it's
02:05
always fun to watch it glow and dim in the night sky.
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With Space.com, I'm Chelsea Goad.
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Stay tuned right here to keep up to date with all things space and to see whether or not
02:18
this strange star will explode.
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