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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by rbanffy on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:34PM (#22429830)
Around a star that's going supernova in the next 1e+5 years?

No, thanks.

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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by flashman on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:35PM (#22429841)
maybe it's stadium seating for a species that doesn't mind a few gamma rays
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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by ByThyGrace on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:45AM (#22432440)
Or an alien doomsday cult.
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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by mnw21cam on Thursday February 27, 2020 @07:27AM (#22432624)
Or a shield to protect things nearby from the coming supernova.
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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by rbanffy on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:06AM (#22433866)
A "paranova" is an interesting concept, but it'd probably be more effective to build multiple smaller ones closer to the settled worlds.

We may want to build a smaller scale parasol for Venus so it cools down and can be eventually settled.

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