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Is the Sun bigger and brighter than Betelgeuse?

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Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

Betelgeuse has a diameter around 700 times the size of our sun…. like possibly as far as the orbit of Jupiter. It is known as a red supergiant and around 100,000 times brighter than our sun. Betelgeuse is at the very end of its life.

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