# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVVuBe5DIDw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57896605-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b9e005aa24.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-01T11:06:07.000+00:00

## Caption

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

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- **Views:** 21,895
- **Likes:** 1,940
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- **Comments:** 21

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Content Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
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| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Video Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Senior Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Writer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Digital Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Subtitler |
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## Tags

europeanspaceagency, hubbletelescope, space

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