Betelgeuse may have a hidden companion. 🔭
The VLT has captured the clearest image yet of what is likely Betelgeuse B, a star roughly 2–3× the Sun’s mass.
Astronomers want another look in 2027 to confirm it.

Betelgeuse may have a hidden companion. 🔭
The VLT has captured the clearest image yet of what is likely Betelgeuse B, a star roughly 2–3× the Sun’s mass.
Astronomers want another look in 2027 to confirm it.
A hotspot on Betelgeuse appears to have stayed in nearly the same place for about 7 years.
That’s far longer than current stellar-convection models predict.
Astronomers are still trying to explain why.
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Betelgeuse has a companion. The VLT photographed it in December 2024: 2 to 3 solar masses, orbiting every 2,100 days at about 4 AU, detected at 6.1 sigma. A century-old question, closed.
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Everyone said Betelgeuse was about to explode. Turns out a secret companion star was photobombing it the whole time. 🌟 Were you team supernova?
VesselAlert
Name: BETELGEUSE
MMSI: 244210090
Callsign: PH5801
Type: Pleasure Craft
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 15-Sep-2026 04:07:17 CEST
Distance: 4.3 nm
Signal RSSI: -0.6 dBFS
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VesselAlert
Name: BETELGEUSE
MMSI: 244210090
Callsign: PH5801
Type: Pleasure Craft
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 11-Sep-2026 04:53:09 CEST
Distance: 5.0 nm
Signal RSSI: -13.2 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link
An anomalous hot spot has been detected on Betelgeuse that defies the laws of stellar physics #Betelgeuse #Astronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceResearch #ALMA
TropoAlert - Max Dist. = 113.8 nm
VesselAlert
Name: BETELGEUSE
MMSI: 244210090
Callsign: PH5801
Type: Pleasure Craft
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 05-Sep-2026 13:14:30 CEST
Speed: 102.2 kts
Distance: 114.3 nm
Signal RSSI: -11.7 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link
TropoAlert - Max Dist. = 2.3 nm
VesselAlert
Name: BETELGEUSE
MMSI: 244210090
Callsign: PH5801
Type: Pleasure Craft
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 05-Sep-2026 12:55:14 CEST
Speed: 0.1 kts
Distance: 2.7 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link
TropoAlert - Max Dist. = 2.3 nm
VesselAlert
Name: BETELGEUSE
MMSI: 244210090
Callsign: PH5801
Type: Pleasure Craft
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 05-Sep-2026 12:44:00 CEST
Speed: 0.1 kts
Distance: 2.7 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link