Betelgeuse, one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, continues to surprise astronomers. The red giant’s brightness ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

Monday will see a very rare night sky event when Betelgeuse—one of the most famous and brightest stars of all—is covered by an asteroid for about 12 seconds. Although the event will be visible ...

Nobel Prizes honored research in biology and AI, including foundational work on artificial neural networks, which enable machine learning and other ...

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The event is set to happen on December 12, and the star Betelgeuse will appear to “blink out” of existence for a short time when the asteroid passes in front of it. Betelgeuse is usually the ...

Average stars like our sun die ignominiously. They swell to enormous size, cool from yellow to red hot, and shed most of ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.

Betelgeuse, the left “shoulder” of Orion, has always been a star of intrigue. Look at it long enough (and we mean generations-long), and you’ll notice its strange pattern: dimming and ...

All this month, it’s possible to see red supergiant Betelgeuse, the star that gave actor Michael Keaton’s iconic, hilarious villain "Beetlejuice" his name in the 1988 comedy-horror film.