Betelgeuse, approximately 100,000 times as luminous as the Sun and 400 million times its volume, is nearing the end of its life. As a variable star, it pulses with a heartbeat-like rhythm.

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

However, while the occultation of a star by an asteroid is typically ... for astronomers with millisecond accuracy to map the shape and surface of Betelgeuse. That’s because its light will ...

One star in particular, Betelgeuse, sits somewhere between 520 and 650 light-years from Earth. That’s a stone’s throw in the grand scheme of things, and because of its proximity, scientists ...

Red supergiant stars, such as Betelgeuse, are among the largest and most luminous stars in the universe. They are in a late stage of stellar evolution, characterized by their expansive size and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Betelgeuse star against starry sky artistic vision, elements of this image furnished by NASA. Inset Dr Devika Credit: Getty/Devika Betelgeuse is a Class M Red Supergiant star, and is approximately ...

New images created by the Hubble Space Telescope show that Betelgeuse — one of the brightest stars visible from Earth — wasn’t dimming because it was about to explode, but because there was ...