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ALMA Reveals Betelgeuse’s Fiery, Long-Lived Hot Spots


Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have captured stunning new images of the surface of Betelgeuse, the famous red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, revealing persistent hot patches and a distorted, non-spherical atmosphere.

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