Learn how Betelgeuse's atmosphere has been altered by its companion star, which has left behind a trail of expanding gas.

Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

For decades, astronomers have tracked changes in its brightness and surface features in hopes of figuring out why the star ...

A new study led by Harvard & Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics has uncovered direct evidence of a long-suspected ...

The bizarre dimming patterns of Betelgeuse, an enormous red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, have bewildered ...

It will be a spectacular event, but calculating when it will happen is a tricky business. Every now and then, in recent ...

Now, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have provided an important clue. Researchers found evidence that the ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

Astronomers have confirmed that Betelgeuse has a close companion star, identified through a repeating wake of gas in its atmosphere, offering new insight into how massive stars change and lose materia ...

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

In the Solar System, there’s only one other gas giant: Saturn, currently visible to the west in the early evening. Leaving ...

Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation, and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re ...