"That means the star's radius has contracted by a distance equal to the orbit of Venus. Though the star is shrinking, its visible brightness has not dimmed significantly over the past 15 years, the researchers say."
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
It's called shrinkage...
as the bright, red supergiant star Betelgeuse, in the constellation Orion, contracts by 15% in size since 1993:
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