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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 […]