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Will Orion the Hunter disappear from our skies?

Standard memberpawnpaw
Science 25 Feb '20 12:03
  1. Standard memberbunnyknight
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    06 Mar '20 16:39
    @mammy-blue said
    @bunnyknight
    Someone told me if you place Betelgeuse in the position of our sun, it would engulf Mercurius, Venus, Earth, our moon, Mars, Neptune and Saturn.
    Quite big...
    It's so big that the word "big" is not big enough.
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    Standard memberOmarCayenne
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    06 Mar '20 17:44
    Still, sounds like your friend misspoke a bit.
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    Subscribersonhouse
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    07 Mar '20 17:24
    @OmarCayenne
    Now the answer seems to be a bit more mundane:
    Dust is what dims our favorite star:

    https://phys.org/news/2020-03-dimming-betelgeuse-isnt-cold-dusty.html
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