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   Phil Plait (badastro@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 00:49:26 JST Phil Plait

   Remember when Betelgeuse didn't blow up?

   But it blew *out*. Dust, that is, and a lot of it. Like, the unit "gigaton" is postively smashed flat by the amount it disgorged.

   So here's what it looked like in the infrared as it did that.

   https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/mars-sample-non-return-betelgeuse