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 ...

They argue that, when Betelbuddy passes within view of Earth, the star disrupts the gasses that usually obscure light from ...

One star in particular, Betelgeuse, sits somewhere between 520 and 650 light-years from Earth. That’s a stone’s throw in the grand scheme of things, and because of its proximity, scientists ...

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

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 ...

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

NASA's STEREO spacecraft -- with measurements shown in red -- stepped in to observe Betelgeuse from its unique vantage point, revealing unexpected dimming by the star. The 2018 data point from ...

NASA reports that T Coronae Borealis, a white dwarf star 3,000 light-years away from the solar ... our Milky Way galaxy since the 17th century. Betelgeuse will inevitably explode as a supernova ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

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?” ...

Betelgeuse star against starry sky artistic vision, elements of this image furnished by NASA. Inset Dr Devika Credit: Getty/Devika Betelgeuse is a Class M Red Supergiant star, and is approximately ...

Betelgeuse, the left “shoulder” of Orion, has always been a star of intrigue. Look at it long enough (and we mean generations-long), and you’ll notice its strange pattern: dimming and ...