Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The red giant star Betelgeuse forms the left shoulder of the constellation Orion. One of the brightest stars in the night sky has ...

Betelgeuse is flustering astronomers once again, as it is now shining 50% brighter than usual. This dying red giant had only recently mysteriously dimmed its shine after an enormous explosion. It is ...

Betelgeuse is one of the best-known stars in the night sky, as well as the easiest to find. New examinations of this behemoth star suggest it is both smaller — and closer — than astronomers believed.

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 ...

Betelgeuse, a prominent star in the constellation Orion, has caught the attention of astronomers due to its unusual brightness. While the cause of this phenomenon remains uncertain, a research team ...

ESO/J. Drevon et al. A new image shows six new ways to look at Betelgeuse. The orange-red supergiant star on the shoulder of the constellation Orion had astronomers and the public hoping for a ...

The red supergiant Betelgeuse likely has a companion star, astronomers have confirmed. Long theorized to share an orbit with Betelgeuse — an extremely bright star that may go supernova in the next few ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. Credit: Alan Dyer / VWPics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A brilliant red star beaming through our night sky is Betelgeuse, an ...

This one red giant star has been making it to Google news a few times a year because some scientist or the other says it is about to explode. Well, this star has been on the verge of exploding for ...

We’ve all resigned ourselves to not seeing Betelgeuse explode, but at least one team of astronomers is still holding out hope. If we’re ever going to see a nearby supernova, then Betelgeuse, the ...

Betelgeuse — a bright, red supergiant star, pronounced “Beetlejuice,” that’s around 640 light years from our planet — is now “a good candidate for the next galactic supernova,” according to new ...