Scientists are rethinking the timing of Betelgeuse's supernova, as new research suggests the star may have a hidden companion ...

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 ...

Could the giant star Betelgeuse have a buddy? A Betelbuddy? Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion, is a giant star whose strange dimming has sparked debate over when it ...

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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 ...

Located about 548 light-years away, in the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse is the 10 th brightest star in the night sky.

Betelgeuse's brightening and dimming over the years convinced some that it could be close to becoming a supernova. However, a new study suggests that these unexplained changes are due to a ...

Meridith Joyce, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Astronomy and Physics, was part of a research team that studied the brightening and dimming of a star known as ...

But Betelgeuse provided one more twist to the story. "Prior to our work," Goldberg says to Astronomy , "a leading theory for ...

The red giant star Betelgeuse is not on the verge of a huge explosion after all; instead, fluctuations in brightness interpreted in this way are probably due to a companion. At least that is the ...