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Will Orion the Hunter disappear from our skies?

Will Orion the Hunter disappear from our skies?

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@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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Still, sounds like your friend misspoke a bit.

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@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