Betelgeuse, the brilliant red star marking Orion's shoulder, has long been suspected of harboring a secret. I have to confess ...
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X-Rays Reveal Betelgeuse's Companion Is Something Astronomers Didn't Expect
The small, furtive companion of one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky has just turned out to be something no one ...
Betelgeuse is one of the night sky's brightest stars and easily can be observed from Earth with the naked eye. Its fluctuations in brightness have long puzzled astronomers, however. Now, researchers ...
New X-ray observations reveal Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion is not a collapsed stellar remnant but a young, Sun-like ...
Astronomers use the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to capture an image of a companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. - International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Chu Red supergiant star ...
(CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the ...
But this orbital dance has a darker future. Over time, tidal forces continue to drain energy from Siwarha’s orbit, pulling it closer to the red supergiant. Eventually, the smaller star will spiral ...
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