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Betelgeuse's Invisible Partner Captured by Several Telescopes

2025-10-22 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Companion Confirmed: Solving the Mystery of Betelgeuse's Great Dimming

Scientists have confirmed the existence of Betelgeuse's elusive companion, Siwarha, finally resolving the bizarre dimming events the star experienced. Learn how this tiny stellar body explains years of astronomical mystery and shapes the star's future.

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  • Observed X-ray non-detection rules out Betelgeuse's companion being a compact object like a white dwarf.
  • The companion, now named Siwarha, is likely a Young Stellar Object (YSO) orbiting at about 9 AU, similar to Saturn's distance.
  • This orbit explains the 6-year (2100-day) pulsation cycle and the massive surface ejections observed previously.

Presenting several recent papers, this document details the confirmation of the object predicted by astroseismology data. Understanding this confirmed binary system helps explain Betelgeuse’s rotation speed and predicts future dimming events based on Siwarha's orbital path.

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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new images of Betelbuddy - Betelgeuse's tiny partner (also known as Siwarha) Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18375 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18376 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.15749 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.15966 #betelgeuse #betelbuddy #astronomy Previous videos about Betelgeuse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PYG_upOxUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKN4G4x04BM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYEqvLt8g6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WPVThTklo 0:00 Betelgeuse updates 0:40 Why it was so strange and what happened 3:10 Additional periodic pulsations and a new hypothesis - Betelbuddy 7:55 First discoveries and observations 8:50 X-ray observations tell us what it's not 9:45 What it probably is - YSO 11:20 What's next for these observations 13:10 New mystery - how did it form? 14:30 What will happen to this star? Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@HolmesHobbies 2025-10-22

I hope they name it Lydia Deets

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@AlwaysBeHappyandKind 2025-10-22

Anton Anton Anton. See, it works!

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@mt_baldwin 2025-10-23

Anton your incantation backfired, instead of summoning Betelgeuse, you summoned a partner for Betelgeuse.

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@MrSiwat 2025-10-22

Orion is my favourite constellation. It is very bright tonight in UK. Thanks for your amazing channel you wonderful person. Been watching your channel for around 10 years now. Brilliant stuff. )

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@jimcurtis9052 2025-10-22

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🙂

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@MsZeeZed 2025-10-22

I do not want the Betelgeuse Star appearing next to me 😹

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@rickunderwood8544 2025-10-23

Finally! Something coherent about Betelgeuse! Thank you, Anton!

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@cosmicraysshotsintothelight 2025-10-22

Somewhere between 643 years ago and 10,000 years from then, it will go boooooooom.

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@stancil80d 2025-10-24

Betelgeuse: You got to get out of here, Siwarha, I'm no good for you. Siwarha: Oh, you hot head; who's going to feed you if you get hungry? Betelgeuse: ... I suppose [looks up and stares menacingly]... you will. Siwarha: Why are you looking at me like that? Awkward. I guess that's what happens when you anthropomorphize big flaming balls of gas in space.

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@tyree9055 2025-10-23

"It's showtime!" ✌️😆🤣👍

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