Astronomy / Space Astrophysicist Describes A Stellar Engine That Can Move The Solar System

The conditions necessary for a GRB to be a threat to us are kind of hard to miss: namely the death of a massive star, the collision of two neutron stars, or the collision of a black hole and neutron star; that is within ten thousand light years of us; with the pole pointin right at us. IIRC, there’s only one candidate for a GRB to be a potential threat to us, that threat is low, and it’s not likely to be a danger to us for a million years in any case.

As for Betelgeuse, at 650 ly away, it’s too far away to be a threat to us.
They probably have to be closer than "within ten thousand light years of us", but otherwise we agree. AFAIR Betelgeuse should be less than 250 ly away to pose any "serious" threat, so as long as our estimate of its distance is correct, there should be nothing to worry about. (Btw. That estimate is known to be slightly uncertain ;))
 
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