Originally posted by Lagrimas
reply to post by Fromabove

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Professor Brian Cox says he's hoping to see it blow during his life time, cos it'll be a once in many life times opportunity and he feels he'd be really really lucky to see it. As such I doubt its going to cause earthlings any harm.

Id be interested to see it brighten up the northern hemisphere with a 3 day sun at night later this year, it would be harmless but it certainly would cause a stir.

I personally have some faith in the conspiracy that aliens who are involved with the government might make Betelguese give us a 3 day show later this year as a 'sign in the sky'. That's the conspiracy I believe because I believe Cox to be a illuminati insider... I trust him when he says it wont kill us but I do think that he's been put on tv to bring our attention to the fact that it may blow, and then when it does it'll make me think hmm... he knew it would.

And I know we all know it will go supernova, but im talking time frame wise that he may know exactly when.

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The electric model of bright stars shows that there is an exquisitely simple control mechanism introduced by a bright photosphere. The photosphere acts like a junction transistor to regulate the current flow between the star and its environment. It results in a remarkably steady output of light and heat radiation despite a varying power supply. For example, the Sun, viewed in X-rays, is a variable star. X-rays are generated high above the photosphere and are a measure of electrical power input. They reveal the variability of the Sun’s power source. The photosphere generates the radiant output, which is stabilized by its transistor effect.

Dim red stars like Betelgeuse do not have the same power control mechanism. They respond to variation in their power supply instead by varying the surface area of their glowing plasma sheath—in other words, their visible size. Our own Sun varies slightly in size, much to the puzzlement of astrophysicists. However, what is called “the photosphere” of Betelgeuse is physically and electrically nothing like the photosphere of bright stars.

The decrease in diameter of Betelgeuse over 15 years suggests a slow change in the power input to Betelgeuse. Shrinking is a normal response of a glow discharge plasma sheath to an increase in the availability of electrons from the galactic plasma. Such an increase may be due to rising current in the local galactic circuit. Or it may be due to a decrease in dustiness of the plasma near the star (dust particles tend to scavenge electrons). Our Sun registers such a change through the sunspot cycle and X-ray output. It seems likely that Betelgeuse will expand or oscillate in size in future. The presence of hot spots on Betelgeuse should be correlated with changes in its diameter.