SciShow Space: Mystery Solved: We Finally Know Why Betelgeuse Suddenly Faded | SciShow News

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Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: Our neighboring star Betelgeuse got noticeably dimmer a few months ago, and thanks to the Hubble telescope, we recently figured out what was going on. Also, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suffered some damage this week. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/eic-hhu081320.php https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.04945.pdf http://burro.case.edu/Academics/Astr221/StarPhys/transport.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/arecibo-radio-telescope-goes-dark-after-snapped-cable-shreds-dish https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368784/arecibo-observatory-puerto-rico-cable-damage-reflector-dish https://www.naic.edu/ao/telescope-description https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967AJ.....72..351D/abstract http://www.naic.edu/~kiriaki/research.html https://sci.esa.int/web/exoplanets/-/60654-a-brief-introduction-to-exoplanets https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/project/details/arecibo-message Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structure_of_Stars_(artist%E2%80%99s_impression).jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA16680 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eso2003c.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/240185.php http://www.naic.edu/ao/node/1169# http://www.naic.edu/ao/content/arecibo-observatory-wallpaper-003 http://www.naic.edu/ao/content/feb-21-1963-rotary-support-triangle-support-finished http://www.naic.edu/ao/content/august-18-1963-finished http://www.naic.edu/ao/content/jun-15-1962 http://www.naic.edu/ao/content/airplane-view-arecibo-observatory-2


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