Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most easily recognizable stars in the night sky, might not be what we think. While most scientists suggest it is on the verge of exploding as a supernova, a ...

Now nearing the end of its life, Betelgeuse likely will explode as a supernova and be visible in the daytime sometime in the next 100,000 years. That would be big news because a supernova hasn’t ...

Having already fused most of its hydrogen, Betelgeuse has entered a more advanced stage of stellar evolution, one that could ...

A supernova hasn’t been seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy since the 17th century. Betelgeuse will inevitably explode as a supernova, but that could occur at any time in the next 100,000 years.

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?” ...

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 ...

Despite Betelgeuse’s impending explosion, Earth is safe. At around 650 light-years away, the star is too distant for its radiation or shockwaves to reach Earth with dangerous intensity.

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.