Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed

Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed
By Evan Gough

In the last year, Betelgeuse has experienced two episodes of dimming. Normally, it’s one of the ten brightest stars in the sky, and astrophysicists and astronomers got busy trying to understand what was happening with the red supergiant. Different research came up with some possible answers: Enormous starspots, a build-up of dust, pre-supernova convulsions. Now …

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October 21, 2020 at 01:01AM
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