Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Smaller, Closer Than First Thought

Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2020

It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a fiery explosion, according to a new study by an international team of researchers. The study, led by Dr. Meridith Joyce from The Australian National University (ANU), not only gives Betelgeuse a new lease on life, but shows it is both smaller and closer to Earth than previously thought. Dr. Joyce says the supergi