An ApJL preprint on ArXiv today presents events for the probable direct imaging of a lower mass companion of Betelgeuse:
There’s an excellent episode from the BBC World Service “Science in Action” programme on this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6yfm
“Have we found Betelgeuse’s ‘Betelbuddy?’ An astronomical mystery seems to be solved as the long-predicted stellar companion to the bright star Betelgeuse has been detected by a team of researchers led by Steve Howell of the NASA Ames Research Center using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Steve discusses this breakthrough alongside astronomer Andrea Dupree of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who has discussed the predictions of this star on previous Science in Action programmes.”