ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴀ on Instagram: "Haters will say it's a flat "connect-the-dots" picture. But the truth is, the Orion constellation as we see it is a beautiful illusion. From our vantage point on Earth, our brains connect the brightest stars into the familiar pattern of a "Hunter." But as this 3D animation perfectly shows, the stars in a constellation are not related and are not neighbors. They are at completely different depths, separated by hundreds or even thousands of light-years. For example: * Bete

ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴀ on Instagram: "🌟 Betelgeuse is one of the most famous stars in our night sky. It is a red supergiant in the Orion constellation and it is reaching the end of its life. Scientists believe Betelgeuse could go supernova any time between tomorrow and one hundred thousand years from now. This may sound like a huge range but on cosmic timescales it is extremely short. 💥 A supernova happens when a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses under its own gravity. In that moment the star rel

Orion and the Dark