February 27, 2020

Gioia Rau, research assistant professor, physics, was interviewed by WTOP about the supergiant star Betelgeuse in anticipation of its explosion into a supernova.

..."Betelgeuse is a red supergiant, and this means that this star will sooner or later explode into supernova,” said Gioia Rau, a research assistant professor of physics at Catholic University, who is helping with analyzing and interpreting data about the star.

“So, it’s not a matter of if, but it’s a matter of when,” she said. Rau also works for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center...

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