A killing bolt will shine in the night but will not kill.
This one has been driving me nuts. Any phenomenon that would be visible to a fair number of people at night for more than a few minutes, would take a tremendous amount of energy.
Suddenly, starting yesterday there are dozens of articles about how the star Betelgeuse, in the constellation of Orion, has dimmed precipitously and that this may be a harbinger of it going supernova.
Per the second sauce:
>Betelgeuse might explode and die, briefly blazing brighter than the full moon before vanishing from our night sky forever.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2019/12/26/could-star-betelgeuse-be-dying/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-giant-star-is-acting-strange-and-astronomers-are-buzzing/ar-BBYmkbK