Giant Red Star Betelgeuse Will Take Another 1,00,000 Years to Explode, Says Study FOLLOW US ON: A recent study has found that even though it may seem that the giant red star Betelgeuse is ready to die any moment, it will take another 1,00,000 years for it to actually perish. A team of international scientists led by Meridith Joyce from the Australian National University (ANU), which included five other members -- Shing-Chi Leung, László Molnár, Michael Ireland, Chiaki Kobayashi, and Ken'ichi Nomoto --published their findings in The supergiant star is a part of the Orion constellation and has piqued scientists' interest due to its conspicuous behaviour lately. In a statement to the Australian National University, Dr Joyce said that normally Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, but her team observed two drops in the brightness of the star since late 2019. This development prompted the speculation that it could explode soon but the study offers a different explanation.