1 June 2010
Just As The Mars Hoax Fades Comes This!
Posted by Dan Satterfield
One of the best science blogs out there is Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy. He has a post today about a rumour spreading that Betelgeuse is about to go supernova and will fry us all.
This is really bad news. Not because it’s true.
It isn’t.
Betelgeuse may indeed go supernova in the next 100,000 years but it will not fry us. It’s bad news because every one of us Meteorologists who do weather on TV will get hundreds of emails asking about it. A good 15-20% of these who ask will not even believe us when we tell them it’s not true. We are part of that giant conspiracy you know…
The truth of the matter is really interesting, so read the thoughts of an expert:
The truth about Betelgeuse is here- click to read Phil Plait's blog post.
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Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.