{
  "id": 28496,
  "title": "It Took a Century, but Astronomers Imaged Betelgeuse's Companion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/it-took-a-century-but-astronomers-imaged-betelgeuses-companion",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-31T08:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-took-a-century-but-astronomers-imaged-betelgeuses-companion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Most of us are familiar with Betelgeuse (also known as alpha Orionis), the bright shoulder star in the constellation Orion. It's a red supergiant star that lies somewhere between 400 and 550 light-years away from us and is quite bright. Betelgeuse contains about 14 times the mass of the Sun and is a fairly young star compared to ours. It appears to be no more than 10 million years old, which…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}