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7. Not over the time frame, and with the irregularity described here. If it Betelgeuse were a binary, it would have

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 07:12 AM

Sep 2024

been dimming and brightening in a predictable way throughout history.

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James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! [View all] Sancho Sep 2024 OP

Tonight or 100,000 years from now? Frasier Balzov Sep 2024 #1

??? epreic01 Sep 2024 #2

dimming then brightening could indicate a binary rampartd Sep 2024 #3

I've heard of movie hype but this is ridiculous lol Cheezoholic Sep 2024 #4

Smells like AI generated junk to me. IA8IT Sep 2024 #6

Could have been an interstellar gas/dust cloud passed between us...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2024 #8

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! dweller Sep 2024 #10