A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

Impressively, capturing an image of Betelbuddy was only the start of the discoveries. The researchers had anticipated the ...

The implications stretch beyond Betelgeuse. Binary star pairs are typically thought to have similar masses, but Betelgeuse is ...

Betelgeuse, the brilliant red star marking Orion's shoulder, has long been suspected of harboring a secret. I have to confess ...

After long speculation, a team of astrophysicists from NASA published their research, reporting that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star now ...

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 best ...

New X-ray observations reveal Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion is not a collapsed stellar remnant but a young, Sun-like ...

Astronomers have captured images of what is thought to be Betelgeuse's stellar companion – not only detecting a star orbiting a supergiant in a world-first, but solving a mystery that has puzzled ...

Betelgeuse’s intense glow and vast size—about 700 times the Sun’s radius—have long made it difficult to study anything nearby. Using the NASA-NSF-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North ...

To spot the meteor shower, look to the southeastern sky toward the Orion constellation. You can also use a smartphone ...