Rumors of Betelgeuse's death have been greatly exaggerated. Despite some recent, breathless reports on the star Betelgeuse going supernova and 'sploding all over the place, temporarily adding a second sun in the Earth sky but also possibly proving the Mayans correct in their assumption that the world will end in 2012, none of this is likely to happen. As awesome as all of that might be. Well, the 'sploding/second sun part, at least. And actually, Betelgeuse has been "dying" for a while. You might call it the Dr. Mark Greene of stars