Betelgeuse is bouncing once more from bizarre dimming episode

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star, and it is of M1-2 spectral type. It is one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye.

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In 2019 an international team of astronomers revealed that star Betelgeuse is dimming..

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In early 2019, this massive star underwent dimming event which was seen even by naked eye.

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As you see, in Jan 2019 star Betelgeuse was much more brighter than in Dec 2019.

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But now star is recovering from it's dimming episide. Star's photosphere (lowest section of star's atmosphere) is rebuilding.

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Astronomers have observed these widespread brightness variations in the last 200 years to gauge changes in Betelgeuse.

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Betelgeuse have 400 days of cycle of brightness variations. Betelgeuse continously doing some very unusual things right now.

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Betelgeuse explosion more than million miles across bubbling up from deep inside the star.

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