Synonyms for betelgeuse
ˈbit lˌdʒuz, ˈbɛt lˌdʒœzbetel·geuse

Princeton's WordNet

1. Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionisnoun

   the second brightest star in Orion

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1. Andrea Dupree:

   Betelgeuse typically goes through brightness cycles lasting around 420 days, and since the previous minimum happened in February 2020, this new dimming is over a year early.

2. Andrea Dupree:

   All stars are losing material to the interstellar medium, and we don't know how this material is lost, we know that other hotter luminous stars lose material and it quickly turns to dust making the star appear much fainter. But in over a century-and-a-half, this has not happened to Betelgeuse. It's very unique.

3. Andrea Dupree:

   No one knows how a star behaves in the weeks before it explodes, and there were some ominous predictions that Betelgeuse was ready to become a supernova, chances are, however, that it will not explode during our lifetime, but who knows ?