Astronomers Unexpectedly Capture 'Great Dimming' of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse - CNET

A Japanese weather satellite saw the mysterious dimming unfold in 2019 and 2020.

Just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic really kicked off in early 2020, the world was fixated on a distant supergiant star, 700 light-years away known as Betelgeuse. The monstrous furnace sud… [+3942 chars]

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