Hubble Data Finally Explains What Happened to Betelgeuse In 2019

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[argosz]

At my age - nearly 67yo - I am increasingly blown away by what we have learnt, and how much we can actually see, compared with what was known and postulated when I was a child. I am actually getting more and more excited as time goes by - how privileged we are to be living now. The speed of new discoveries is incredible - so satisfying when you are getting towards the end of life and are hungry and a little impatient for new knowledge! It's nice to see good ole Hubble still playing an important part in our research - adding already to our understanding of the Betelgeuse phenomena.

[mattsoreng]

I think we all agree that we are extremely fortunate to have Anton breaking all these scientific achievements down in such a way that is easier to understand. The amount of research he does on a daily basis is staggering especially considering the depth at which he goes in each video.

[A_Casual_NPC]

Hot damn, it's been 3 years ago already since the betelgeuse dimming. Feels like only a few months ago. Great to see where slowly getting some answers now

[transtemporal_artist]

It was a problem in my Indian national astronomy Olympiad (INAO 2020) although wasn't able to get solve i supposed but i got to learn about it very much all the possible solutions the scientist were putting forward in to explain it. I one part of the question we were asked to assume that some matter got ejected from the star surface in a conical shape and remain attached which blocked the light. It was just rich experience! Thanks wonderful Anton sir for everyday putting videos for curious people like us :)

[miguelmorales]

Hello Anton. I believe that the visuals pointed to Barnard's Loop and not the Orion Nebula at 5:22 into the video. The Orion Nebula is directly below (in the image) the three stars of Orion's Belt. Otherwise, this has been an excellent and informative video.

[maartentoors]

Anton, the sheer determination and passion makes me -LIKE- love all of the videos you post!
I LOVE your videos (as does everyone I know).
Determination + Persistence + Love = Petrov.
Please keep going!

[CeeTeeUSA]

Anton is such a nice guy. I still think about his poor son and that video he released in tears after his death. I pray he has found some peace..

[I.amthatrealJuan]

It's interesting that the eruption itself didn't produce a noticeable increase in brightness, but the aftermath did dim the star significantly.

[fearthehoneybadger]

Glad to see Webb doing so well, but, it's nice to see that Hubble still has a lot of MOJO left.

[Ateam]

Anton actually used the word 'problematic' with its original meaning. So refreshing in 2022.

[itsmebatman]

I'd love to see this star explode. And I suspect many people would. Which is why it created such a media frenzy back then. Watching the stars is basically like watching a disaster movie, with all kinds of explosions going on everywhere. It's fascinating to watch just like watching a tornado or a tsunami.

[sup]

Betelgeuse not going supernova any time soon is quite relaxing to hear. Thank you Anton!

[clairpahlavi]

A bloated photosphere would extend many diameters wider than the liquid or solid surface of the star itself, depending on the amount of current feeding that star. Encountering a region of dust in a galactic magnetic reversal wave would explain the data from Betelgeuse.

[brocksterification]

Thanks for keeping us up to date with one of the many icons of our visible world. It was awesome that you brought us the excitement of Betelgeuse going through a radical change and it's a relief that it will be with us for some time yet! Amazing that we are learning new things regarding an ancient resident of our night skies every day. We must keep discovering!

[sirgaymeerkat]

I like science topics but love the quality and passion you put into every video you make! truly wonderful.

[AgeOfChange]

Really awesome upload mate was a pleasure to watch.

[SherlockHomelessb]

Thanks as allways for keeping us up to date on all things space. Your dedication to informing us is nothing less than spectacular. Its great that you / we have nearly hit 200k in donations, it's sad that its come from such a tragedy but you have impacted meny lives for the better. Stay wonderful

[peter.]

The Betelgeuse dimming episode, made me fundamentally change how I thought about stars.

[TSZatoichi]

It's amazing that the star would be "lumpy" like that, it just blows my mind and is something I never would have thought of before.

[misterflibble]

Thanks Anton for the clear and detailed explanation of this phenomenon.