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    Oh My God, We're All Gonna Die!

    The latest buzz is that Betelgeuse, a red supergiant and the ninth brightest star in the sky, is about to go supernova in the next few weeks or months. It seems as though every few months we're subjected to warnings of some new disaster that threatens to destroy us. What is the reason for our strange obsession with doomsday? http://talkingskull.com/article/oh-my-god-were-all-gonna-die