The Strange Behavior of Betelgeuse Continues.

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The Strange Behavior of Betelgeuse Continues.
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Betelgeuse, the red giant star, has grown uncharacteristically bright since the Great Dimming event in 2019. It has been fluctuating back and forth on a small scale but on a steady upward trend for months and is currently the 7th brightest star in the sky. However, scientists believe that its current behavior is more likely a bit of ongoing wobbliness following the 2019 dimming, and the star will return to normal within a decade. Betelgeuse is on the brink of death in cosmic timescales, but on human timescales, its supernova could be 100,000 years away.

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