The evolutionary stage of Betelgeuse inferred from its pulsation periods

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>Comment on the Feasibility of Carbon Burning in Betelgeuse

Funny that a comment to a preprint is already ifself published with volume and everything :)

Key result: "We conclude that Betelgeuse is in the late stage of core carbon burning, and a good candidate for the next Galactic supernova."

Is 'burning' often used for referring to fusion processes?

Yes. It's a strange colloqialism indeed, but very common even in academia.

So it blew up in ca 1.299 +-X .. In its own time frame, relative to ours.

I hope it goes supernova. I never liked it anyway.

Beetljuice 2 is closer than you think!