Betelgeuse has a tiny companion star hidden in plain sight (www.sciencenews.org)
from ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to astronomy@mander.xyz on 30 Sep 2024 22:23
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Zachariah@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 2024 02:43 next collapse

After more than a century of speculation, data seem to confirm that Betelgeuse (the brightest star in the Orion constellation, shown here) has a much smaller star as an orbital companion.

Two independent studies found evidence of a star about the same mass as the sun, orbiting Betelgeuse about once every 2,100 days.

daisyKutter@lemmy.ml on 01 Oct 2024 07:46 collapse

Named Lydia?