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There’s new evidence of a large cold spot partly causing dimming of Betelgeuse

Enlarge / Astronomers continue to ponder the strange, dramatic dimming in the light from Betelgeuse, a bright red star in the Orion constellation, first observed in December 2019. (credit: ESO/M. Montargès et al. ) Back in June, we reported on a likely explanation for the strange, dramatic dimming of Betelgeuse , a bright red star […]

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A cold spot and a stellar burp led to strange dimming of Betelgeuse

Thanks to a new study conducted with ESO telescopes, we now know that Betelgeuse’s dip in brightness was the result of a “dusty veil” that formed from material that emerged from the star. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada. In December 2019, astronomers noticed a strange, dramatic dimming in the light from Betelgeuse, a bright red star in […]

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