A red supergiant star named Betelgeuse is one of the cosmic phenomena that has a beginning and an end, just like every journey. The star, which is in its last stages, is headed for an explosion, and a portion of it did so in 2019. Interestingly, the Hubble telescope has now seen it regaining its composure.
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is closest to Earth, attracted notice when it abruptly started dimming in 2019. It would be the first time we could watch a star collapse and explode live, making it a treasure trove for astrophysics study.
The bright red supergiant star did blow up its top in 2019, shedding a sizable portion of its visible surface and generating a massive Surface Mass Ejection, as evidence has now been provided by astronomers (SME). This, however, was not the Coronal Mass Ejection that is observed on our Sun as it throws off its flimsy outer atmosphere.
In contrast, the explosion on Betelgeuse ejected 400 billion times more mass than a normal CME on the Sun. It’s now slowly making a full recovery from that severe wound.
‘Currently, Betelgeuse is continuing to act in a really peculiar way. There is some bouncing inside ‘In a statement, Cambridge’s Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian’s Andrea Dupree remarked.
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