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Betelgeuse -- a red supergiant in the Orion constellation -- has dimmed noticeably since October, supernova may be imminent


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1 hour ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

How far away is it? And is it far enough it has already happened and it will be 100,000 years before we see the light of it happening?

Betelgeuse is between 430 to 650 light years from Earth.

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