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diminish on May 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Timeline of the far future

Betelgeuse red giant supernova explosion, can it hurt the life on the earth?

spurgu on May 7, 2012 | [–]

I would really want to be around when it blows up. Stasis pods please!

brazzy on May 7, 2012 | [–]

According to Wikipedia, Betelgeuse is at least 500 light years distant, while a supernova would have to be closer than 100 to be dangerous.

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