Although the hypothesis needs visual confirmation, a second star wouldn’t be atypical for a red supergiant like Betelgeuse, ...

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.

Caption This illustration plots changes in brightness of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, following the titanic mass ejection of a large piece of its visible surface. The escaping material ...

Could the giant star Betelgeuse have a buddy? A Betelbuddy? Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion, ...

At the upper left-hand corner of the Winter Triangle is the super red giant star Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in Orion the Hunter. In English, Betelgeuse roughly translates to “armpit ...

(Mike Lynch) At the upper left-hand corner of the Winter Triangle is the super red giant star Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in Orion the Hunter. In English, Betelgeuse roughly translates ...

NASA's STEREO spacecraft -- with measurements shown in red -- stepped in to observe Betelgeuse from its unique vantage point, revealing unexpected dimming by the star. The 2018 data point from ...