Betelgeuse - Will It Become A Supernova?
by KLT 3:01 - 3,437,238 views Subscribe to KLT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7EFWpvc1wYuUwrtZ_BLi9A?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to KLT Music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RvQsrlQFlGXHeLl1Vl9e0?si=Q-yVLAGmQEO-4hnbXvWe_Q&nd=1 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-learning-tube/id1491094573?ls=1 * https://tinyurl.com/swsndce Android Phone and Tablet * https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.w35ef400ff78.www * https://tinyurl.com/vl5ctf5 KLT Website: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/ T-Shirts: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/collections/featured-collection Music Downloads: https://kidslearningtubeshop.com/collections/music Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kidslearningtube Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/c/kidslearningtube Tweet Us: https://twitter.com/learningtube Instagram: https://instagram.com/kidslearningtube iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1192890817?ls=1&app=itunes 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 |