Betelgeuse is the shoulder of Orion ... the neighborhood of a few hundred thousand years from now, it's going to go supernova. But honestly, it could be tomorrow. In fact, because it's 500 ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

However, one paper, published in 2023, found that Betelgeuse could go into supernova in "tens of years", not thousands of years like some scientists have suggested. "We conclude that Betelgeuse is ...

However this may not be the case for much longer. Back in 2019, NASA noted that Betelgeuse's brightness dimmed by about 60%, leading some scientists to wonder if it was entering a 'pre-supernova' ...

When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, eventually goes supernova—likely within the next 100,000 years—the night sky will light up as if a second sun appeared ...

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse was captured by the Herschel Space Observatory. There are only two nearby stars that could go supernova within the next million years or so: Antares and Betelgeuse.

Betelgeuse, one of two stars near Earth capable of going supernova within the next million years. Betelgeuse, one of two stars near Earth capable of going supernova within the next million years.

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.