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  2. Betelgeuse is dimming again. When will it explode? - EarthSky

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    On March 14, 2024, The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) reported that the star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has dimmed by about 0.5 magnitude since late...

  3. Supergiant star Betelgeuse is brightening up. Is it about to ...

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    Once every few centuries, Betelgeuse burps out a bubble so large that a Great Dimming ensues. But all that doesn't mean the star is about to explode. Unless, of course, the astronomers ...

  4. Betelgeuse went dark, but didn’t go supernova. What happened?

    www.sciencenews.org/article/betelgeuse-star-dim-supernova...

    Astronomers are anxious to learn why Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, dimmed dramatically, but didn’t explode, in 2019.

  5. Supergiant Betelgeuse had a never-before-seen massive ... - CNN

    www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/world/betelgeuse-star-recovery-scn/...

    The red supergiant Betelgeuse, a colossal star in the Orion constellation, experienced a massive stellar eruption – the likes of which have never been seen before, according to astronomers.

  6. Hubble Finds That Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Is Due to a ...

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    Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight coming from Betelgeuse's surface.

  7. Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Blew Its Top in a Violent Explosion

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    When the bright, red supergiant star Betelgeuse blew its top in 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories were there to see it. Through this surface mass ejection, Betelgeuse ...

  8. Hubble Sees Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Slowly Recovering ...

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    Analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literally blew its top in 2019, losing a substantial part of its visible surface and producing a gigantic Surface Mass Ejection (SME).

  9. Betelgeuse Supernova Explosion To Take The Night Sky All Over The The World. If astronomers had to guess the next, nearby star to go supernova in the Milky W...

  10. Hubble Sees Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Slowly Recovering ...

    www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/hubble-sees-red-supergiant-star...

    Seething monster star had never-before-seen titanic eruption. Cambridge, MA – Analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literally blew its top in 2019, losing a substantial part of its visible surface and producing a ...

  11. Betelgeuse Will Briefly Disappear in Once-in-a-Lifetime ...

    www.scientificamerican.com/article/betelgeuse-will-briefly...

    Astrophysics. Some sky watchers this month will witness Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and best-known stars in the sky, nearly disappear. Mere seconds later—despite astronomers’ hopes that the...