This picture of the dramatic nebula around the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse was created from images taken with the VISIR infrared camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). (space.com)
The Zoomable Universe: An Epic Tour Through Cosmic Scale, From Almost Everything to Nearly Nothing By Caleb Scharf What do a common cold - causing virus, an adult blue whale and the red supergiant star Betelgeuse have in common? (discovermagazine.com)
For the first time, a «shock breakout» in an exploding supergiant star was discovered at visible wavelengths. (sciencedaily.com)