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New evidence supports dark-spot theory for Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’

06 Aug 2021 Margaret Harris
Photo of telescope dome at Weihai Observatory
All eyes on Betelgeuse The astronomers used the Weihai Echelle Spectrograph (WES) on the 1 m telescope at Weihai Observatory, Shandong University, China to observe Betelgeuse in early 2020. (Courtesy: Shandong University)
Early last year, the astronomy world was abuzz with speculation that Betelgeuse, a red giant star in

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