56: No Bang For Betelgeuse?

Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review (https://www.imore.com/how-rate-or-review-podcast-your-iphone-or-ipad) , or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod (https://patreon.com/syzygypod) Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart (http://kipstewart.com) and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden (http://www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/) from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm (http://syzygy.fm/) | Twitter: @syzygypod (https://twitter.com/SyzygyPod) Things we talked about in this episode: Betteridge’s Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines) of Headlines Betelgeuse is acting weird (https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/space/2019/12/giant-star-acting-strange-and-astronomers-are-buzzing) The recent observations (http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13365) The constellation of Orion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)) Zoom into Orion Nebula (http://Zoom%20into%20Orion%20Nebula) Barnard’s Loop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard's_Loop) Supergiant stars (https://www.thoughtco.com/red-supergiant-stars-3073597) Stellar evolution (http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/S/Stellar+Evolution) Star Size Comparison (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoW8Tf7hTGA) video Supernova 1987a (https://www.aavso.org/vsots_sn1987a) Supernova candidates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernova_candidates)