Celebrity star Betelgeuse is smaller and closer than we knew – AlKhaleej Today

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If you have that creepy feeling like someone is breathing down your throat, it could be Betelgeuse. The infamous star subject of an exciting Will-it-or-will-it-Supernova-Diskussion Earlier this year may actually be much closer to Earth than we thought.
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant and monstrous compared to the size of our sun. A study published this week in the Astrophysical Journal reveals some new calcu…

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