Did you know Betelgeuse might not be alone? 🌟 Using @hubbleesa, astronomers detected the wake of a hidden companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. Instead of spotting the star directly, they traced the swirling material shaped by its gravity - like following ripples on water to reveal what moved beneath the surface. This breakthrough offers scientists a new way to study how massive stars change over time… and how they eventually explode as supernovae. 📹 @europeanspaceagency 🎞️ @NASA, ESA, E. Wheatley (@space_telescopes), Science: A. Dupree (CfA), @creativecommons BY 4.0; @esoastronomy/L. Calçada; ESO/P. Kervella/M. Montargès et al., Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: E. Pantin, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org); @gettyimages; ESA/Ocean Media Lab; NASA, ESA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI); Science: Andrea Dupree (CfA); ESA/Hubble (L. Calçada) 🖥️ NASA, ESA, E. Wheatley (STScI), Science: A. Dupree (CfA); CC BY 4.0