Keep a lookout at the sky, it can happen at any moment. A new moon could appear that would be visible all around the clock for nearly a year. A sight that you don’t want to miss. This new addition to our sky’s visage would not be new, it always has been there. In fact, it may appear as a moon but it would be a star.
But before you start panicking about how a second star would affect life on earth. Let this fact ease you, this star is at a safe distance of nearly 530 to 760 light years away from us. That means, it is harmless and something we are familiar with. Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in our night sky, the eastern shoulder of the Orion constellation is reaching the last phase of its life.
The star is about to go supernova anytime in the next a hundred thousand years, and when it does, we will see the explosion as a half moon. But what if a massive star closer to us was about to go Supernova? Would we see it coming?
If Astronomers of John Moores University in the UK are to be believed they may have found out the warning signal a star sends before its clock starts ticking. Welcome to Factnomenal and let’s find out what Shocking Discovery about Supernovae Have Astronomers Worried.
