The stars in the night sky, as we typically perceive them, are normally static and unchanging to our eyes. Sure, there are variable stars that brighten and fainten, but most of those do so ...
At least one mystery surrounding the red giant Betelgeuse can now be put to bed. Astronomers have finally laid eyes on a small, dim binary companion whipping around the massive sun. The observations ...
(CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the ...
Tonight the moon is an especially good pointer to Orion the Hunter and to Betelgeuse in the upper easternmost portion of Orion. The moon will be 14 degrees directly north of Betelgeuse. All you have ...
On July 21, 2025, NSF NOIRLab issued a press release stating that astronomers had detected a long-anticipated companion star to the red supergiant Betelgeuse. The team of astrophysicists, led by Steve ...
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a companion star in a tight orbit around Betelgeuse, resolving a long-standing mystery about the star’s varying brightness. Reading time 2 minutes In 2024, ...
Using the NASA-NSF-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated ...
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