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Dust Cloud Dims Red Hypergiant Star


Dust Cloud Dims Red Hypergiant Star
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Astronomers say the same mechanisms that caused the star Betelgeuse to dim last year are also dimming a red hypergiant star, VY Canis Majoris. For Science in a Minute, Rick Pantaleo reports that a dust cloud is blocking light coming from the star's surface.

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