named α Ori B (Betelgeuse bears the alternative name α Orionis.) It is possible that this binary star could be modulating the dust surrounding the system and when the companion is in transit ...
Since our sun ejects material into the solar system, so could Betelgeuse, but on a different scale. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope appeared to confirm that a “burp” from within Betelguse ...
This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.