Mystery Solved: Astronomers Unravel the Puzzle of Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming”
The star Betelgeuse became visibly darker in 2019 and 2020, puzzling astronomers; new images show that the star was partially concealed by a cloud of…
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Astronomers Were Puzzled by “Great Dimming” of Betelgeuse – Now the Mystery Is Solved
Mystery of Betelgeuse’s Dip in Brightness Solved When Betelgeuse, a bright orange star in the constellation of Orion, became visibly darker in late 2019 and…
NASA STEREO Spacecraft’s Lone View of Betelgeuse Reveals More Strange Behavior – Is Supernova Imminent?
For several weeks in summer 2020, NASA’s Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, had the solar system’s best view of the star Betelgeuse, whose…
Cosmic Spiral Around Red Giant Star R Sculptoris Could Elucidate Stellar Evolution
R Sculptoris, an elderly star, located 1,500 light-years from Earth, has been observed in the final stages of stellar life, slowly shedding the outer layers…
Possible Death of Solar System Seen in White Dwarf Stars
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have been able to probe into the chemical signatures of dusky disks encircling four distant star systems. They discovered…