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 ...

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 ...

Using the same data they have also made the first map of the velocities of material the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun. Red supergiant stars such as Betelgeuse and Antares are the ...

Recent observations of Betelgeuse, a star located in the constellation Orion ... It was this so-called "dipolar radial velocity map" on the outer layer of Betelgeuse that scientists interpreted ...

The story describes Betelgeuse as “the red giant that marks Orion’s left shoulder.” Reader Chris Jespersen wrote: “I often see Betelgeuse on Orion’s right shoulder…. Am I mistaken?” ...

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

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 late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness. Initially thought to be a sign that the star was about to go supernova or that it experienced a dust ...

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 ...

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 ...