Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Go outside tonight when it gets dark and look to the ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky has been getting oddly brighter, prompting speculations that it might soon explode in a supernova. Should we really look forward to such a dazzling ...

A new study led by Harvard & Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics has uncovered direct evidence of a long-suspected ...

The Earth might soon be in for a spectacular show in both the nighttime and the day, as our stellar neighbor Betelgeuse approaches its end of days. Betelgeuse, a star around 650 light years away from ...

Betelgeuse is flustering astronomers once again, as it is now shining 50% brighter than usual. This dying red giant had only recently mysteriously dimmed its shine after an enormous explosion. It is ...

When Beetlejuice goes off, it's going to be the show of a lifetime. But it's not going to hurt us. Betelgeuse is the shoulder of Orion, a red giant sitting about 500 light years away. It's huge, ...

The expiration date of Betelgeuse, a massive dying star about 642 light-years from Earth, is a hot topic in astronomy because of the star’s superlative size and its life cycle stage. Betelgeuse is ...

Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars, is set to go supernova soon. This event will make it shine as brightly as the full ...

ESO/J. Drevon et al. A new image shows six new ways to look at Betelgeuse. The orange-red supergiant star on the shoulder of the constellation Orion had astronomers and the public hoping for a ...

The bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has shown some unexpected behavior. In late 2019 and 2020, it became fainter than we had ever seen it — at least in records going back more ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new unpublished study is making waves on the internet by claiming that one of the brightest ...