Betelgeuse Will Briefly Disappear In Once-in-a-Lifetime Coincidence - Slashdot - Slashdot
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Meghan Bartels reports via Scientific American: Some sky watchers this month will witness Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and best-known stars in the sky, nearly disappear. Mere seconds later -- despite astronomers' hopes that the star will meet its explosi…