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 ...

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 ...

I have an absolute passion for the winter constellations, which are now putting on their wonderful winter show in the ...

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.

Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

Nobel Prizes honored research in biology and AI, including foundational work on artificial neural networks, which enable machine learning and other ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

JWST uses gravitational lensing to uncover stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away, providing insights into early ...

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 ...