WEBVTT 00:02.535 --> 00:06.272 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% HEY STARFRIENDS, TRACE HERE -- OH MAN YOU RE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED. 00:06.373 --> 00:08.041 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% LET S JUST KICK INTO THIS. 00:08.141 --> 00:11.244 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% HERE S OUR SKY AT EIGHT PM THIS WEEK OKAY. 00:11.344 --> 00:14.848 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% TAKE A SEC TO LOOK AT ORION S TOP LEFT STAR -- THAT S BETELGEUSE. 00:14.948 --> 00:18.952 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% BETELGEUSE IS A RED SUPERGIANT ABOUT 600 LIGHT YEARS FROM US. 00:19.052 --> 00:22.322 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% IT S USUALLY THE TENTH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, BUT RIGHT NOW? 00:22.422 --> 00:24.791 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% IT S NOT EVEN CLOSE; IT S BEEN DIMMING. 00:24.891 --> 00:25.892 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% WHY? 00:25.992 --> 00:27.494 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20% BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE INTO A SUPERNOVA. 00:27.594 --> 00:29.295 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% THAT S RIGHT, FAM. 00:29.396 --> 00:33.433 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THE ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY HAS A TON OF THEORIES AS TO WHY, BUT SOME BELIEVE, SUPERNOVA. 00:33.533 --> 00:38.071 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% UNFORTUNATELY STARS ARE INDIFFERENT TO OUR PUNY HUMAN LIFETIMES, SO IT MIGHT NOT EXPLODE 00:38.171 --> 00:42.642 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% FOR ONE-HUNDRED-THOUSAND YEARS, BUT WHENEVER IT DOES WE LL HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS 00:42.742 --> 00:46.379 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% IN ALL OF ASTRONOMY, IT WOULD EVEN BE VISIBLE DURING THE DAY! 00:46.479 --> 00:50.683 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHECK THE SKIES TO MAKE SURE IT S STILL THERE -- KEEP LOOKIN 00:50.784 --> 00:54.784 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% UP!