Using new observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers have tracked the ...

At the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, this one held in Phoenix on January 4-8, Andrea Dupree of the ...

Spencer Finch’s “Betelgeuse” is currently on display at the Cantor Art Center (Courtesy of Spencer Finch). I sat for a long time, chin rested on fist, staring at artist Spencer Finch’s neon sculpture, ...

Betelgeuse's companion star is 1.5 times larger than the sun. But all of that extra attention has led to another remarkable find. As it turns out, Betegeuse isn’t alone—it actually has a nearby ...

Betelgeuse — a red supergiant located roughly 700 light-years away in the constellation Orion the Hunter — has been dimming over the last few months. But now, astronomers have found it’s also changing ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. A brilliant red star beaming through our night sky is Betelgeuse, an aging supergiant on the shoulder of the Orion constellation. The timing ...

One of the brightest stars in the sky makes up Orion's shoulder and also looks to be on the verge of going supernova sometime between today and 100,000 years from today. Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Observations of the star Betelgeuse taken by the ESO’s Very ...

"Gravity darkening" might explain the strange episode. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In late 2019, the star Betelgeuse dimmed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Betelgeuse, the closest red supergiant star to us, is ...