When Betelgeuse finally collapses, the star – currently a red supergiant – will likely shine as brightly as the Moon in the ...

A new study led by Harvard & Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics has uncovered direct evidence of a long-suspected ...

The bizarre dimming patterns of Betelgeuse, an enormous red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, have bewildered ...

For decades, astronomers have tracked changes in its brightness and surface features in hopes of figuring out why the star ...

The saga of Betelgeuse has been ongoing for nearly a year now. When the bright star began to suddenly dim, reaching a shocking 40 percent of its regular luminosity, astronomers held their breath — ...

After long speculation, a team of astrophysicists from NASA published their research, reporting that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star now ...

Astronomers have finally verified the existence of a companion star around the red supergiant Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars which are visible to the naked eye in the sky. Researchers from ...

Learn how Betelgeuse's atmosphere has been altered by its companion star, which has left behind a trail of expanding gas.

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday ...

The dimming of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse has been making headlines for months. Why was it dimming? Was it going to go supernova? Well, yes—one day it will, for sure—but not for now, it seems.