According to the new models, a companion star could act like a snowplow, pushing light-blocking dust out of the way as it ...

As 319 Leona passes in front of Betelgeuse and blocks its light, a very slight star shadow will fall across Earth’s surface. However, while the occultation of a star by an asteroid is typically ...

Betelgeuse has been a favorite among amateur astronomers for many years. However you pronounce it, its unexpected dimming draws even more attention to this red supergiant variable star in Orion.

One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick, ...

In the same part constellation, Orion, as Betelgeuse but even farther away is the Orion Nebula, a place where we see new stars forming. Its distance is 1500 light years, meaning that the light we ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

As we proceed into the heart of winter, this month’s Colorado sky displays a marvelous treasure trove of bright stellar gems ...

Average stars like our sun die ignominiously. They swell to enormous size, cool from yellow to red hot, and shed most of ...

Light bent around the galaxy cluster ... Many are red supergiants, like the star Betelgeuse in Earth's galaxy. The galaxy they were found in was formed when the universe was about half its ...

JWST uses gravitational lensing to uncover stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away, providing insights into early ...