Betelgeuse needs no introduction. Besides having its name borrowed by the ghost with the most, this 10-million-year-old red ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

Astronomers have used a novel technique to find evidence of a secret "buddy" star orbiting Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

Betelgeuse companion discovery with Gemini North resolves century-old mystery and opens new doors in red supergiant research ...

At the beginning of 2020, the astronomical world was on high alert when the massive star Betelgeuse, located in the constellation Orion, began to dim unexpectedly. Its sudden fading sparked widespread ...

For decades the reddish glow of Betelgeuse has puzzled astronomers, but researchers believe they have now found the reason ...

The stellar companion may help explain why the brightness of Betelgeuse, the red supergiant, is open to so much variation.

The findings confirm a long-standing theory first proposed in the early 1900s. More importantly, it sheds new light on how ...

Astronomers directly imaged a faint companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, solving a decades-old mystery about its strange ...

For over a hundred years, astronomers have puzzled over strange changes in the brightness and motion of Betelgeuse, the closest red supergiant to Earth. Located in the shoulder of Orion, this colossal ...

Astronomers have discovered a hidden companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, the massive red supergiant in Orion's constellation, ...

More recently, astronomers have proposed a theory for its volatile nature, which explains the star's seemingly erratic ...