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We May be About to Witness a Star Exploding This Week (www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sadly the only sun explosion I have time to stop and watch is Sol. So if Sol is exploding I'm down to watch otherwise I have work.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"For information, that's my 8 minute notice, I quit"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"incidentally we all quit, as per my previous email RE: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I have the unfortunate role of informing you that the Sun will not explode. It will, in fact, expand to become a red giant, swallowing the Earth or at least vaporizing it in the process, and will eventually shrink down to become a white dwarf.

So sadly there will be no super nova or massive explosion, but I'm sure it'll be a pretty wild process to watch in about 5 billion years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Come gather! Come gather! Let us morn earth with a traditional ballad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Lmao at the exact date...

This was expected to happen within a certain range of time. If I remember the articles from last year it was after August but more likely to be September. Idk why I found it so funny that they just flat out said "Thursday the 27th"

It's not going to be anything spectacular if you aren't already familiar with that constellation so if you want to get the most out of this event, start looking for corona borealis so you can get used to what it currently looks like and then when the star goes nova you'll be able to recognize that there's a "new" star

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Admittedly, I only posted this article because I thought it was cool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

No worries, it's definitely something cool to look forward to seeing!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Clickbait is clickbait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not a puffy diddy reference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I was expecting Ye.