There's something peculiar about dying star Betelgeuse ... Institute for Astrophysics in Germany has found that Betelgeuse's ...

These images, taken with the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, show the surface of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse during its unprecedented dimming, which happened in late 2019 ...

As 319 Leona passes in front of Betelgeuse and blocks its light, a very slight star shadow will fall across Earth’s surface. However, while the occultation of a star by an asteroid is typically ...

one of the largest types of stars in the universe. To give a sense of scale, if Betelgeuse were placed at the center of our ...

scientists have now found that it was caused by a gigantic star spot 10% colder than the rest of the star’s surface. Betelgeuse is the bright red star at the top left of the constellation of Orion ...

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?” ...

The outburst was massive enough to cover about a quarter of Betelgeuse's surface. “We could see the effect of a dense, hot region in the southeast part of the star moving outward,” she described.

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 ...

Al Jabbar is one of the Arabic names for Orion, the “Hunter", one of winter's most conspicuous constellations.

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 ...