Betelgeuse Will It Become A Supernova

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Subscribe to KLT: / @klt • Listen to KLT Music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RvQs... • • 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. • Download the KLT App here for an ad-free viewing experience: • iPhone iPad • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kids-le... • https://tinyurl.com/swsndce • Android Phone and Tablet • https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... • https://tinyurl.com/vl5ctf5 • KLT Website: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/ • T-Shirts: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/coll... • Music Downloads: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/coll... • Facebook: / kidslearningtube • Subscribe: / kidslearningtube • Tweet Us: / learningtube • Instagram: / kidslearningtube • iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id11928... • Music: Copyright 2015, 2016, 2017 KLT • Video: Copyright 2015, 2016, 2017 KLT • 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

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