Now nearing the end of its life, Betelgeuse likely will explode as a supernova and be visible in the daytime sometime in the next 100,000 years. That would be big news because a supernova hasn’t ...

If the latter, that would insinuate that the star is even bigger than we thought, and could go supernova within just a couple ...

Having already fused most of its hydrogen, Betelgeuse has entered a more advanced stage of stellar evolution, one that could ...

Whether a star in the Milky Way goes supernova anytime soon is anyone’s guess. A prime candidate is Betelgeuse, the closest red supergiant star to the solar system at around 550 light-years that ...

The story describes Betelgeuse as “the red giant that marks Orion’s left shoulder.” Reader Chris Jespersen wrote: “I often see Betelgeuse on Orion’s right shoulder…. Am I mistaken?” ...

The night sky is the window to the rest of our universe but it’s also great for lovers. It’s great being in the dark with the ...

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.

This morning, CBC News posted a story by science journalist Nicole Mortillaro suggesting that a star in the Orion constellation—Betelgeuse—could eventually go supernova. This star is often ...

In late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness. Initially thought to be a sign that the star was about to go supernova or that it experienced a dust ...