Cameras at an astronomical observatory in Hawaii captured this amazing... thing last week. It appears to be a sort of... flare? Astronomy blogger Phil Plait describes it as an "[a]wesomely weird expanding halo of light." We are pretty sure it is the Star Gate!

Nerd circles were abuzz today with rumors that Betelgeuse (pictured), a nearby star in the constellation Orion, is only a few weeks from supernova. Which would be so cool. Alas: Betelgeuse is "almost certainly" not going anywhere... for now. [Discover]