For Starters , this is incorrect :The star is located in the Orion Nebula, about 640 light-years away from Earth......
absolute rubbish .... get it right people
Someone should tell them Betelgeuse is part of the Orion Constellation ... not the Nebula .... and that the distance has been readily accepted as somewhere between 1000 to 1500 light years away.
Like to know where they get their info from.....Go back to school people and this time ''
pay attention " in the class room......