Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a companion star in a tight orbit around Betelgeuse, resolving a long-standing ...

Led by NASA Ames scientist Steve Howell, the team used ‘Alopeke, a speckle imager named after the Hawaiian word for fox, to ...

For millennia, since the time of ancient Egypt, people around the world have marvelled at Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

Astronomers have finally imaged the long theorized companion star of Betelgeuse, solving a mystery regarding its dimming that ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume ...

Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been used by astronomers to detect a planet being devoured by its dying host star, a ...

It's around 1.6 times the mass of the Sun, Howell and his colleagues believe, at an orbital separation of 4 astronomical ...

It is Betelgeuse and for hundreds of years astronomers have puzzled why its twinkle grows lighter and then dimmer over time.

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...