You'll be able to read a book by the light of the Betelgeuse supernova at midnight. But it will actually be painful to look at because, unlike the full moon that is this gorgeous disk in the sky ...

However, unlike the moon, which looks like a disk in the sky, Betelgeuse's light is only the size of a pinpoint, so looking directly at it would hurt your eyes. The less-than-elegant light will ...

It's big, bright, and orange – and could be about to explode. 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 ...

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.

One of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse, may not be on the brink of exploding as a supernova, according to a new study of the star's brightening and dimming. Instead, recent ...