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 ...

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

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

The mesmerizing spectacle of Betelgeuse dimming abruptly in late 2019, a phenomenon ominously dubbed the “Great Dimming,” ...

Betelgeuse, the red supergiant star in Orion’s shoulder, has been an ongoing focus of fascination for millennia, most recently when it darkened significantly, for no immediately obvious reason, in lat ...

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

ANU Astrophysicist and Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker discusses the star Betelgeuse, which has recently been undergoing “dimming ...

After finally confirming the tiny companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, Howell and the team gave it a name with roots as rich ...

A hidden companion star of Betelgeuse, long suspected by Hungarian astronomers, has finally been observed directly, ...

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A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star ...

Betelgeuse - the red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion, has a companion or binary twin, astronomers have ...