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Hubble may have solved mysterious dimming of nearby ‘supernova’ star – Yahoo News Australia
Monster star Betelgeuse began dimming in October 2019, and its brightness had dropped by a factor of three by mid-February 2020.
Astronomers were mystified last year when a supergiant star visible to the naked eye from Earth started dimming but new Hubble measurements may offer an explanation.
Betelgeuse began dimming in October 2019, and the brightness of the monster star had dropped by a factor of three by mid-February 2020.
The huge star is relatively near to Earth 725 light years away and is nearing the end of its life, when it will explode in a supernova blast.
The ageing red supergiant is so huge now that if it…
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