Betelgeuse is a red giant star that shines brightly in the night sky. It makes up one of the "shoulders" of Orion, one of the most famous star constellations.

Betelgeuse’s brilliance makes it extremely challenging to spot a smaller, dimmer star nearby. “A smaller, sun-sized star can ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

Betelgeuse, which shines in Orion as part of ... is a red giant star that is about 15 to 20 times as massive as the Sun. If it were in the same position as the Sun, it would swallow up the orbit ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Canopus, the ...

If this were the case, then it means Betelgeuse is larger than expected and would be further along its evolution branch and that a supernova explosion may be imminent within the next few hundred ...

When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, eventually goes supernova—likely within the next 100,000 years—the night sky will light up as if a second sun appeared ...

It's impossible to predict exactly when the star will explode, however, scientists predict Betelgeuse will enter into a supernova anywhere within the next 10,000 to 100,000 years. Which means you ...