ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English·4 min read·medium
Astronomers Observe Companion Star Orbiting Stellar Giant Betelgeuse
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Asharq Al Awsat
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Astronomers have confirmed that the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is part of a binary system, orbiting with a smaller companion star. This discovery was made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Betelgeuse is a superstar among the stars — one of the brightest in the night sky, a massive red supergiant in the constellation Orion that sometimes brightens and dims, and adds to its allure with the fact that it may be on the brink of exploding.
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