Betelgeuse’s Mysterious Companion Star Revealed! 🌟 First-Ever Image by Gemini Telescope

For the first time ever, astronomers have captured a direct image of the companion star of Betelgeuse using the powerful Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii! 🌌 This incredible discovery finally explains the 6-year brightness cycle of one of the night sky’s most famous red supergiants.

Learn how this breakthrough is reshaping what we know about massive stars and stellar evolution!

🔭 Discovery by NOIRLab
📍 Captured by Gemini North Telescope

🎥Credits:
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Slawik/ESO/L. Calçada/T. Matsopoulos
Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Motion graphics: Mik Garrison
Music: Never Alone/Never Dark - Mik Garrison