Betelgeuse, babban tauraro ja (red giant) da ke kafaɗar Orion, mai yiwuwa tana da ƙaramin tauraro abokin tafiya. Ƙarfin janyewa (tides) yana rage kewayarsa a hankali. Nan da 'yan shekaru dubbai, ya kamata Betelgeuse ta haɗiye shi.
Wata ƙungiya a California, New York da Massachusetts ta kwaikwayi wannan faɗawa ta ƙarshe. Abokin tafiyar yana karkacewa zuwa can ciki kuma yana tarwatsewa kusa da tsakiya (core). Sai wata igiyar girgiza (shock wave) ta ɗauki kusan kwanaki 28 kafin ta kai saman tauraron.
Lokacin da girgizar ta fashe waje, walƙiyar za ta kai ƙoli da ya fi Venus haske sau da dama. Lokacinta mafi haske yana ɗaukar kusan kwanaki biyu. Abokan tafiya masu nauyi suna ba da walƙiya mafi haske.
Haɗewar kuma za ta hura iskar gas mai nauyin Rana sau 6 zuwa 11. Ranar ba ta da tabbas sosai: kusan shekaru 4,000 zuwa 7,000 daga yanzu. Ƙura da ke kewaye da tauraron za ta iya sa wasan ya yi ja kuma ya dusashe.
Tushe: From Inspiral to Outburst: Modeling a Potential Luminous Red Nova from Betelgeuse, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.31755









