'It's new territory': why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and

'It's new territory': why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Bar & Pizza Washington Ave, Houston betelgeuse Betelgeuse isn't the sort of star whose demise would produce radiation that could roil the planet's atmosphere At about 650 light-years from

betelgeuse Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star roughly 700 light-years away from our own Solar System

betelgeuse Supergiant star Betelgeuse smaller, closer than first thought But we're still safe as it may be another 100,000 years until the star dies in a fiery supernova Betelgeuse is about 10 million years old and is much larger than our Sun Betelgeuse's measurements are approximately 950 times larger than our Sun, with a