Betelgeuse, one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, continues to surprise astronomers. The red giant’s brightness ...

Monday will see a very rare night sky event when Betelgeuse—one of the most famous and brightest stars of all—is covered by an asteroid for about 12 seconds. Although the event will be visible ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.

A star in the beautiful constellation of Corona ... been seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy since the 17th century. Betelgeuse will inevitably explode as a supernova, but that could occur ...

The event is set to happen on December 12, and the star Betelgeuse will appear to “blink out” of existence for a short time when the asteroid passes in front of it. Betelgeuse is usually the ...

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 ...

In the same part constellation, Orion, as Betelgeuse but even farther away is the Orion Nebula, a place where we see new stars forming. Its distance is 1500 light years, meaning that the light we ...

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 ...

All this month, it’s possible to see red supergiant Betelgeuse, the star that gave actor Michael Keaton’s iconic, hilarious villain "Beetlejuice" his name in the 1988 comedy-horror film.

Look to Orion! Orion is a very interesting constellate for several reasons. It’s probably one of the easiest constellations to find in the winter skies, and the name of its second brightest star is ...