[SunkenCiv]

A massive bright reddish star in the Orion constellation has mysteriously shrunk by over 15 percent in the last 15 years and astronomers have not yet determined why, according to a study released Tuesday. Betelgeuse, considered a supergiant star, is so large that it would reach to Jupiter's orbit in our solar system. But at a radius of about five astronomical units, the star has shrunk in size since 1993 by a distance equivalent to Venus's orbit.

Thanks NormsRevenge.

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[BenLurkin]

<>i>shrunk by over 15 percent in the last 15 years

It is getting ready to go nova. Isn't that how we have always been told it happens? First a contraction and then...BOOM!