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Betelgeuse

The supergiant Betelgeuse glows red and orange against a dark, starry background. The star’s surface is mottled and emits a faint reddish glow representing its stellar wind. A dark cloud of dust partially obscures the star’s lower left region.
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When Betelgeuse Won’t Explode, You Need a Big Telescope to Prove It

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 June 202126 January 2022

Thanks to last-minute telescope time, researchers pieced together the sequence of events that caused Betelgeuse’s Great Dimming last year.

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