Inside the core collapse of a giant star 🌌 #space #astronomy #betelgeuse

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]One day Betelgeuse will reach its final moment. The change will come without warning. Deep inside the iron core will collapse in less than a tenth of a second. A sphere the size of Earth will shrink to the size of a city and gravity will unleash a shockwave that tears through the star's layers.

[00:00:20]In the time it takes to blink, Betelgeuse's surface will ignite in a burst of light that races across space at 186,000 miles per second.