Supergiant Betelgeuse’s smaller companion star imaged

Betelgeuse B (identified by the target) as imaged by the SPHERE instrument.

Having shown the massive star Betelgeuse as an indistinct blob, astronomers at the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert have now imaged its long-suspected companion star, proving that the bloated supergiant is not alone.

“This is the conclusion of a century-long quest,” wrot…