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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

A Big Fiery Giant!

Stars come in different colours and sizes. This new picture shows the famous Red Giant star called Betelgeuse (you say the name as “Beetle-Juice”). The star looks small in the picture – just a little red circle at the centre. But Betelgeuse is actually huge: If you replaced the Sun in our Solar System with this star, it is so wide that it would reach as far as the planet Jupiter!

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ESO/P. Kervella/EU-UNAWE

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