One of the brightest stars in the night sky is living on borrowed time, at least by cosmic reckoning. Betelgeuse, the ruddy ...

Betelgeuse looks less like a perfect sphere than a boiling, misshapen blob. In some of the sharpest submillimeter images yet ...

Betelgeuse has always been something of a mystery. And by “mystery,” I mean a source of endless fun, fascination and frustration for astronomers. Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, ...

Discover key research updates on Betelgeuse's companion star, children's heat exposure, and solar panel impacts on ...

A century of hints has suggested the famed red supergiant had a star pal but seeing it amid Betelgeuse’s brightness has been hard — until now.

Betelgeuse may be a well-known and often-studied stellar object, but that doesn't mean astronomers aren't capable of ...

Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion, potentially ending a search that lasted about 100 years. The surprisingly massive hidden star could help ...

The research team is mostly convinced by the data, but they want to capture additional observations in 2027 to confirm what they've found ...

The yearslong dimming and brightening pattern of the huge star Betelgeuse (don’t worry—that’s just the second time we’ve said it!) may be due to a much tinier star orbiting the red supergiant, a team ...

Whenever something happens with Betelgeuse, speculations about it exploding as a supernova proliferate. It would be cool if it did. We're far enough away to suffer no consequences, so it's fun to ...

Bad news, space explosion fans: Betelgeuse is behaving strangely again, but it’s probably not about to explode. Betelgeuse, the red giant best known for its starring role as the right shoulder of the ...