Evolution of stars

Strongest evidence yet: Betelgeuse's companion star revealed in VLT images

Strongest evidence yet: Betelgeuse's companion star revealed in VLT images

Observations with the European Southern Observatory's SPHERE instrument have identified Betelgeuse B with a significance level of 6.1 sigma. According to the researchers, it is a young star with a mass 2.6–3.1 times that of the Sun, orbiting the