Betelgeuse - Will It Become A Supernova?

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Learn about Betelgeuse -- a red supergiant star also known as Alpha Orionis that is one of the largest stars of its class -- with this Space Science video from KLT.

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Lyrics:
I am Betelgeuse
And I’m nearing the end of my life
One of the top 10 Brightest Stars up in the night's sky

I am a Red Supergiant
expected to explode
into a Supernova in
100,00 years or so

I received the name Betelgeuse
in 1836
By Sir John Herschel an astronomer and a great scientist

I’m the second brightest star in the Orion Constellation
After the star Rigel, We’re seen from any of Earths nations

My diameters about 700 times that of your sun
And I’m 640 Light Years from Earth
that’s quite a run

But my surface temperature’s 6000 Degrees in Fahrenheit
Cooler than your suns surface 10,000 degrees yeah that’s right

I’m so massive if you replaced your sun with me
I’d reach past the orbit of Jupiter I’m gigantic you see

I’m considered a young star at just 10 Million Years Old
Soon to explode into a Supernova
Scientists say so

I am Betelgeuse
And I’m nearing the end of my life
One of the top 10 brightest stars up in the night's sky

I am a red supergiant
expected to explode
into a supernova in
100,000 years or so

A Red Supergiant is an aging giant star
that has consumed its core’s supply of hydrogen fuel that’s what they are

Helium has accumulated in my core so well
And Hydrogens undergoing nuclear fusion in my outer shells

When my outer shells expand I take on a red color
because I’m cooler than I was I’m happy to discover

Red supergiants are the largest known stars in the universe
And I’m expected to supernova onto the next verse

During fusion, heavier atoms are created until my core is Iron
That’s when I’ll run out of fuel without even trying

When that happens to a star as massive as me
the entire star collapses and explodes as a Supernova you see

When I do Supernova I’ll create quite a sight
some predict I’ll look like your full moons brightest light

The radiation I’d put off from becoming a supernova
wouldn’t affect Earth because I’m 640 Light years over

I am Betelgeuse
And I’m nearing the end of my life
One of the top 10 brightest stars up in the night's sky

I am a red supergiant
expected to explode
into a supernova in
100,000 years or so