Betelgeuse, the iconic red star of the Orion constellation, has been the subject of much talk in recent years due to its ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have uncovered direct evidence that the red supergiant ...

Astronomers may have finally solved one of the weirdest mysteries of our night sky: why Betelgeuse, a massive star in the ...

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

Betelgeuse is one of the weirdest stars in the sky, but astronomers can now explain one of its most enduring mysteries.

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast atmosphere. Using nearly eight years of ...

NASA’s Hubble data shows a wake of dense gas around Betelgeuse, offering the clearest proof yet of a long-suspected companion ...

A multi-observatory study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has characterized the impact of a newly ...

Betelgeuse’s long-standing mystery has been cracked: a hidden companion star is literally reshaping the giant from the inside out.

At the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, this one held in Phoenix on January 4-8, Andrea Dupree of the Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian presented a talk entitled, ...

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