1 00:00:02,535 --> 00:00:06,272 HEY STARFRIENDS, TRACE HERE -- OH MAN YOU RE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED. 2 00:00:06,373 --> 00:00:08,041 LET S JUST KICK INTO THIS. 3 00:00:08,141 --> 00:00:11,244 HERE S OUR SKY AT EIGHT PM THIS WEEK OKAY. 4 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:14,848 TAKE A SEC TO LOOK AT ORION S TOP LEFT STAR -- THAT S BETELGEUSE. 5 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:18,952 BETELGEUSE IS A RED SUPERGIANT ABOUT 600 LIGHT YEARS FROM US. 6 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:22,322 IT S USUALLY THE TENTH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, BUT RIGHT NOW? 7 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:24,791 IT S NOT EVEN CLOSE; IT S BEEN DIMMING. 8 00:00:24,891 --> 00:00:25,892 WHY? 9 00:00:25,992 --> 00:00:27,494 BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE INTO A SUPERNOVA. 10 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:29,295 THAT S RIGHT, FAM. 11 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:33,433 THE ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY HAS A TON OF THEORIES AS TO WHY, BUT SOME BELIEVE, SUPERNOVA. 12 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:38,071 UNFORTUNATELY STARS ARE INDIFFERENT TO OUR PUNY HUMAN LIFETIMES, SO IT MIGHT NOT EXPLODE 13 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:42,642 FOR ONE-HUNDRED-THOUSAND YEARS, BUT WHENEVER IT DOES WE LL HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS 14 00:00:42,742 --> 00:00:46,379 IN ALL OF ASTRONOMY, IT WOULD EVEN BE VISIBLE DURING THE DAY! 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,683 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHECK THE SKIES TO MAKE SURE IT S STILL THERE -- KEEP LOOKIN 16 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:54,784 UP!