Betelgeuse Dimming Mystery Solved

Astronomers are now pretty sure that it was just a sneeze: Betelgeuse ejected a bunch of material that partially obscured it for a time; not unusual for a star of such a venerable age.
So, that's that mystery solved. But the new dimming will also need to be investigated. Although it's not as dramatic as the Great Fainting, it is not consistent with the star's variability cycles


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