At about 950 times bigger than our Sun, Betelgeuse is one of the biggest stars in our Universe. But that comes with a price. Just like us, stars have a life expectancy, and Betelgeuse is no different.

The curious minds at What If imagine Betelgeuse exploding right now, exploring the light show, cosmic radiation, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s concept shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse and an orbiting companion star creating a wake in the larger object ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have long searched for clues that a hidden companion star sits out of view near the red supergiant star Betelgeuse. Now, they’ve uncovered a new piece of evidence: a trail like the ...

Whenever we enter Valentine’s season, astronomers are sometimes asked about possible Valentine’s Day stars. To answer this question, it is perhaps best to first consider what characteristics a star ...

Just look for the three bright stars that make up Orion’s belt. Betelgeuse is a bright reddish star to the upper left of the belt. It marks the right armpit of the nocturnal hunter, not exactly in the ...

A stellar black hole is one that’s created from the gravitational collapse of particularly massive stars, typically greater than eight solar masses. For context, one solar mass is about equivalent to ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

It’s Valentine’s weekend in Pottsville, and while in my opinion this is one of those holidays driven by greeting card companies, restaurants, flower shops, and more. It’s still a wonderful holiday ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event: a massive star that didn’t explode in a spectacular supernova, but instead ...

There has been one other instance of a star mysteriously disappearing, a “failed supernova candidate” dubbed N6946-BH1 that ...

One of the brightest stars in the Andromeda galaxy quietly collapsed into a black hole without any of the fanfare of a spectacular supernova. What makes this startling discovery even more remarkable ...