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Is Betelgeuse going to destroy earth?

Updated: 9/18/2023
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No. Some time in the next million years Betelgeuse will explode as a supernova, but it is too far away from us to damage the earth. All we will see is Betelgeuse getting a lot brighter in the night sky.

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