{"id":111335,"date":"2020-08-14T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/episode-11-betelgeuse-dimming-mystery-might-be-solved-says-edward-guinan"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:24:07","slug":"episode-11-betelgeuse-dimming-mystery-might-be-solved-says-edward-guinan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/episode-11-betelgeuse-dimming-mystery-might-be-solved-says-edward-guinan","title":{"rendered":"Episode 11 \u2014 Betelgeuse Dimming Mystery Might Be Solved, Says Edward Guinan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/kzb9k-e7129b?mix=1&vjs=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great interview with Villanova University astronomer Ed Guinan, who explains today\u2019s news of the latest paper on why Betelgeuse experienced such a deep dimming this past Fall and Winter. We cover a lot of territory from how Gene Roddenberry chose the name Guinan for the Whoopi Goldberg character on Star Trek\u2019s Next Generation to the history behind the pole star\u2019s mysterious brightening; to the Dog Star Sirius; to why life might still be possible around red dwarfs; to our Sun\u2019s longterm future. Please listen!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In a stroke of serendipity during a wide-ranging podcast interview, Villanova University astronomer Edward Guinan explains the paper behind today\u2019s news flap about the red supergiant star\u2019s inexplicable dimming. The most recent explanation is that dust generated from cooling plasma spewed forth from the massive star\u2019s interior caused Betelgeuse to appear more dim than usual. While Guinan acknowledges this scenario is a possibility, he remains skeptical. Please listen to this candid and entertaining episode!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great interview with Villanova University astronomer Ed Guinan, who explains today\u2019s news of the latest paper on why Betelgeuse experienced such a deep dimming this past Fall and Winter. We cover a lot of territory from how Gene Roddenberry chose the name Guinan for the Whoopi Goldberg character on Star Trek\u2019s Next Generation to the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":380,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}