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TIL Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in Orion that is one of the largest and most luminous stars in our galaxy. It exhibits variations in brightness due to surface pulsations and its size is rapidly decreasing, which has led to speculation that it may soon undergo a supernova explosion.

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