UW Professor Part of Study That Finds Betelgeuse May Have Companion Star
October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 21 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Meridith Joyce, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Astronomy and Physics, was part of a research team that studied the brightening and dimming of a star known as Betelgeuse (pictured) and found the pulsing starlight potentially comes from a companion star, dubbed "Betelbuddy." The research was accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. (ALMA . . .
Meridith Joyce, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Astronomy and Physics, was part of a research team that studied the brightening and dimming of a star known as Betelgeuse (pictured) and found the pulsing starlight potentially comes from a companion star, dubbed "Betelbuddy." The research was accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. (ALMA . . .