Betelgeuse Supernova

[sologuitarist61]

I don't want anything to 'bright' happening in the sky - the light pollution in Bristol is bad enough as it is!

As has been said before, the effect will be transitory.

[bri]

When I saw the headline I sprayed coffee all over me keyboard

LOL

[mdstuart]

Maybe they might discover that something like dark energy can carry signals accross space faster than light so we could prepare for the BG supernova..

Sort of like a ripple in the force!

Mark

[Azure]

Its a product of our classical thinking that we still refer to events as occuring simultaneous across the universe. They don't and can't. In fact from our time frame which is the only one valid to us as observers, Betelgeus cannot go supernova before we see it. Time is a dimension and travels at the speed of light.

This.....confuses me ):

[astrofox]

This.....confuses me ):

Confuses me too. Took me years to realise I can't always expect to imagine what the maths is telling me. Even more true in quantuum mechanics. Just got to trust the maths and stop hurting my brain

[cantab]

Yeah, I thought I understood Special Relativity, and then first year at uni threw relativity of simultaneity at me, that really scrambled my brain.