But it's not going to hurt us. Betelgeuse is the shoulder of Orion, a red giant sitting about 500 light years away. It's huge ...

The iconic star Betelgeuse, which is part of the constellation Orion, is one of the brightest stars visible from Earth and ...

It should be quite a show as Betelgeuse blows up, a fate awaiting all super giant stars. The next star in the Winter Triangle is Sirius, which happens to be the brightest star in the night sky and ...

Known casually as "The Hunter," it can be seen in the southern sky any clear evening from now through April. Orion's seven brightest stars make up the basic outline. The bright star, Betelgeuse ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...

Finally, there is ruddy Betelgeuse (magnitude +0.48), in Orion the Hunter, a star well-known for its irregular variability in brightness. These stars appear in that order, as the twilight sky ...

The gaps in these measurements happen when Betelgeuse appears in Earth's day sky, making it impossible to take precise brightness measurements. During this observation gap in 2020, NASA's STEREO ...

It should be quite a show as Betelgeuse blows up, a fate awaiting all super giant stars. The next star in the Winter Triangle is Sirius, which happens to be the brightest star in the night sky and ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Directly ...

One of the more interesting astronomy stories that came out at the tail end of 2019 was the bizarre behavior of the nearby star known as Betelgeuse. It sits somewhere between 520 and 650 light ...

The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial ...