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Betelgeuse is about 700 light years from Earth. That means that if it went supernova, it would take 700 years for the light from that explosion to arrive and been seen on Earth. Until that happens, we won't know if or if not the star has exploded. I do not think that the star going supernova...

Always enjoyed seeing my shadow via the light of a full moon. Difficult if there's too much light pollution, as with my current situation, but as a kid, living out among the cornfields of MN, pretty easy. -Wolf sends

Remove the login requirement from your hosting site or move the image to another hosting site that does not require the user to login. Wolfshadw Moderator

I still don't understand why they don't run these simulations down in Antarctica. I'd think the dry valleys near McMurdo Sound would be ideal for simulating Mars' environment. -Wolf sends

Pretty sure the entire community on theoretical countermeasures has considered all that. If something were discovered today, I doubt we could get any kind of response in place for several months. If impact is sooner than that, well... nice knowing you all! :) -Wolf sends

Have to agree with @Atlan0001 on this one. We've barely scratched the surface of understanding the physics of the Universe. If we can somehow manage to survive the next few millennia without getting wiped out (or destroying ourselves), then I think that's one nut we might actually crack. -Wolf...

Space.com does not allow for the uploading of images to it's site. Rather we'd request that you upload your images to a third party site (such as imgur.com) and then post the links to your images here. See the link in my sig block. Wolfshadw Moderator

To quote School House Rocky, "Cause knowledge is power!" The more we know (or the more we think we know), the better the understanding of the environment of the Universe. With more knowledge, we're better able to predict what is necessary for the ability of future generations to survive "out...

Makes sense if the Moon was orbiting around the Earth at the time of the Late Heavy Bombardment. It probably would have collected a significant amount of water from that, just as the Earth did (theoretically). -Wolf sends

I would argue that with the advances in technology over the past 50+ years, comes a whole slew of new points of failure that we simply haven't been able to navigate through as yet. I also think this generation lacks "Go Fever" which was so prominent back in the original space race (probably a...

Please keep commentary non-aggressive and on topic. Wolfshadw Moderator

Please keep commentary non-aggressive and on topic. Wolfshadw Moderator

If you previously had the NASA channel installed on your Roku device, it appears that channel has been updated to NASA+. Otherwise, I think it's just the NASA channel you need to search/add. -Wolf sends

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From what I've found out (via Google), the galaxy is in the constellation URSA Major. The supernova is in one of the outer arms of the galaxy. -Wolf sends