Close Up Images Show Something Weird is Happening on Betelgeuse

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The supernova of Betelgeuse is the most anticipated celestial event. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in Orion. Astronomers are regularly monitoring the star. A recent research paper has revealed that the star's surface is boiling, creating an illusion of rapid rotation.

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📄 RESEARCH PAPERS:

1. Is Betelgeuse Really Rotating? Synthetic ALMA Observations of Large-scale Convection in 3D Simulations of Red Supergiants, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Ma et al. - https://bit.ly/4b68MnW

2. The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: a Surface Mass Ejection (SME)
and its Consequences, The Astrophysical Journal, Dupree et al. - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.01676.pdf

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