Welcome to this bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins.

Today's bonus episode is titled Super Giant Beetlejuice has unprecedented stellar eruption.

The star beetle juice is around 1,400 times larger than our Sun. It could contain our solar system all the

way up to and including Jupiter. However, it's now somewhat smaller after experiencing what

scientists describe as an unprecedented massive stellar eruption. Astrophysicist Andrea Dupree

said, we've never before seen a huge mass ejection of the surface of a star. We are left with

something going on that we don't completely understand. Here's something else we

haven't seen. Two galaxies are merging into one. The Gemini North

telescope in Hawaii spotted two interacting spiral

galaxies that are currently 20,000 light years apart, but are being pulled together by gravitational

forces. They will merge into a single elliptical galaxy in 500 million years. NASA astronomers say

the same thing will happen with our Milky Way galaxy

when we collide with the Andromata galaxy in about 4 to 5 billion years.

Closer to home, the last supermoon of the year rose last Thursday night, though the moon appeared

full through Saturday morning. It was named the sturgeon

moon by the Algonquin tribe because these large fish were caught more easily at this time of year

in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water. One more astronomical note. Researchers say they have

discovered the first definitive proof that the moon inherited gases from the Earth's mantle.

This finding supports the theory that the moon was initially formed by a massive collision

between Earth and another celestial body.

One of the reasons I enjoy learning about the massive size and unfathomable complexity of the

physical universe is that I need to be reminded about the omnipotence

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