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Betelgeuse Is Neither as Far Nor as Large as We Thought, And It’s a Total Bummer – ScienceAlert
In the wake of recent fluctuations in Betelgeuse’s brightness, astronomers have rigorously examined the star’s vital statistics, and come up with a bit of a sur…

In the wake of recent fluctuations in Betelgeuse’s brightness, astronomers have rigorously examined the star’s vital statistics, and come up with a bit of a surprise.
According to the team led by researchers at Australian National University (ANU), the results change a few important things about our favourite red giant.
“The actual physical size of Betelgeuse has been a bit of a mystery earlier studies suggested it could be bigger than the orbit of Jupiter,” says astronomer László Molnár from …
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