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  • Betelgeuse's hidden companion spotted

    From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to sci.misc on Fri Aug 28 03:19:25 2026
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    From the -2no aliens though-+ department:
    Feed: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Title: rCLI jumped from my chairrCY rCo Astronomers spot BetelgeuserCOs hidden companion
    Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:43:27 +0000
    Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010514.htm

    Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of BetelgeuserCOs long-suspected companion, potentially ending a search that lasted about
    100 years. The surprisingly massive hidden star could help explain BetelgeuserCOs changing brightness and may influence its future supernova.

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  • From Mikko@mikko.levanto@iki.fi to sci.misc,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur on Fri Aug 28 10:49:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.misc

    On 28/08/2026 06:19, Retrograde wrote:
    From the -2no aliens though-+ department:
    Feed: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Title: rCLI jumped from my chairrCY rCo Astronomers spot BetelgeuserCOs hidden
    companion
    Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:43:27 +0000
    Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010514.htm

    Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of BetelgeuserCOs long-suspected companion, potentially ending a search that lasted about
    100 years. The surprisingly massive hidden star could help explain BetelgeuserCOs changing brightness and may influence its future supernova.

    The article does not say anything about the possibility that the obsrved
    star is not an unrelated star in the same direction. Nothing is said
    about its orbital parameters, either. More observations are needed.
    --
    Mikko
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