Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Betelgeuse is the star's common name — Arabic for "Armpit of the Great One". Its catalog name is Alpha Orionis. Two thirds of all stars in the night sky with names have Arabic names. An homage to their "stellar" navigational skills 1000 years ago, during the Golden Age of Islam. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2020

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Beginning late summer of 2019, the reddish star Betelgeuse has dropped from the 7th to the 21st brightest star in the nighttime sky. No need to panic, but If it exploded, the flash would be visible in the daytime, and rival the brightness of the Moon for weeks. https://t.co/KHvJjV3neB — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2020

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Indeed, Betelgeuse may have already exploded — now a ghost, a "dead star walking" across the Galaxy — with the light-speed signal of its demise not yet arrived here on Earth. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2020