Unexpected! Betelgeuse Has A Companion, New Research Finds

Discover the latest findings on Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, and the hidden companion star that could be influencing its mysterious dimming. Learn how Alpha Ori B might be delaying Betelgeuse’s supernova, challenging what we know about red supergiants and their evolution. This episode dives into groundbreaking research that reshapes our understanding of this iconic star. Don’t miss the insights that could change the future of stellar science!

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[justicesmith-stevenson]

When he said it was acting funny and now we know why I thought it was gonna say " Somebody said his name 3 times" 😂

[leslietaylor]

So much for the channel that says it's gonna blow every 30 minutes

[rbrice]

Bro you're forgetting, there's another star affecting Beetlejuice. It's Micheal Keaton.

[wayne]

3 days ago I left for work and still dark out but a clear beautiful sky...you could see the stars..Orion was visible and you could clearly see beetlgeuse. It was a orange color and just beautiful....so I've decided to purchase a telescope in the near future...I'm fascinated by the stars and especially the moon..

[curlywolfone]

WAIT A MINUTE! You mean we’re not gonna see a Super Nova!?! I for one am severely disappointed.

[indridcold]

Beetlegese has been dimming a lot since I was a child. It used to be brilliantly red.

[pflume]

The amount of "knowledge " that we don't know is amazing.

[Zookeeper.]

Beatles'Juice aka Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 😊

[Xeno_Bardock]

Or perhaps Betelgeuse was acting strangely because it underwent fission, producing a companion star. The bigger the star, the more likely it will become unstable eventually and fission to try to avoid going nova or supernova in theory.

[vitolipari]

Why are we guessing? Why don’t we have the Webb telescope take a close look at Betelgeuse to see if it has a companion star?

[Zerathina]

It’s almost as if looking at a blur means you know everything about it- bro no.

We like to pretend we know our galaxy but truth is we don’t know shit. Until we can go these places we know nothing aside from “they exist, ” that’s it. And this is a (quite literally) shining example of that

[dannyvegito]

Thats not the reason it's because it knows that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in theaters

[DreadEnder]

I like that it’s called Ori, such an underrated game.

[thalastianjorus]

Now _that_ is going to make the supernova that Betelgeuse gives off quite interesting to watch. The smaller star might be able to somewhat survive the nova, and begin to drag the remnant behind itself as it 'shoots' out of their shared system once the gravity of Betelgeuse completely falls off. A galactic comet!

[stormengine]

I remember seeing videos talking about a once in a lifetime supernova that'd we be able to see in the nights sky. What a gip

[RH-rosg]

Not necessarily a surprise. Several old sources (from the Roman times) describe the star as yellow-orange rather than red.

If that's more than a subjective impression, it would mean that Betelgeuse's red giant phase has only just begun.

[Phil-su]

Damnit! I really want it to go in my life! They say it will be as bright in the daytime sky as the moon is and at night....it will be so bright it might be able to cast 2 shadows (depending on where everything is in the sky).

[johnwang]

Shouldn't such dimming have occurred before if it was due to a companion star. Observations of the star has been happening for centuries and the ability to detect subtle changes in light levels existed long before 2019 so shouldn't dimming have been observed earlier in the 2000's, during the 1990's or the 80's...

[erictalkington]

First off, it's funny they have a name for a star that may well not even exist lol. Second, 2019 was the first year that I realized that Orion comes up and is laying flat on the eastern horizon around 4:00am. I do not remember the star dimming at all and I watched it the entire winter as I had just realized it's more of a "winter" constellation as I call it as it disappears from the night sky in late spring and doesn't come back til August. However, I wasn't really paying that much attention to that one star so I have no idea. I wish I had known about it.

[koriw]

That's too bad. I was really looking forward to seeing a nova in the daytime sky