Now nearing the end of its life, Betelgeuse likely will explode as a supernova and be visible in the daytime sometime in the next 100,000 years. That would be big news because a supernova hasn’t ...

Having already fused most of its hydrogen, Betelgeuse has entered a more advanced stage of stellar evolution, one that could ...

Whether a star in the Milky Way goes supernova anytime soon is anyone’s guess. A prime candidate is Betelgeuse, the closest red supergiant star to the solar system at around 550 light-years that ...

Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion, is a giant star whose strange dimming has sparked debate ...

The story describes Betelgeuse as “the red giant that marks Orion’s left shoulder.” Reader Chris Jespersen wrote: “I often see Betelgeuse on Orion’s right shoulder…. Am I mistaken?” ...

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...

In late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness. Initially thought to be a sign that the star was about to go supernova or that it experienced a dust ...

The night sky is the window to the rest of our universe but it’s also great for lovers. It’s great being in the dark with the ...

Al Jabbar is one of the Arabic names for Orion, the “Hunter", one of winter's most conspicuous constellations.

Betelgeuse, the left “shoulder” of Orion, has always been a star of intrigue. Look at it long enough (and we mean generations-long), and you’ll notice its strange pattern: dimming and ...