Betelgeuse
Oct 08, 2020
3 minutes
“THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST STARS ALWAYS BURN OUT THE FASTEST”
Betelgeuse, or Alpha Orionis, has had an eventful 8.5 million years, and astronomers predict it has less than a million years left. If you were to go outside and stare out at the night sky, you’d recognise Betelgeuse quite easily within Orion, shining with an apparent magnitude of +0.5. However, this figure has been known to vary due to the star’s instability, which causes pulsations in the star’s outer layers and in turn
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