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

If the latter, that would insinuate that the star is even bigger than we thought, and could go supernova within just a couple ...

A star in the beautiful constellation ... in our Milky Way galaxy since the 17th century. Betelgeuse will inevitably explode as a supernova, but that could occur at any time in the next 100,000 ...

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However, while the occultation of a star by an asteroid is typically ... Now nearing the end of its life, Betelgeuse likely will explode as a supernova and be visible in the daytime sometime ...

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there were many theories about why Betelgeuse was suddenly losing its shine. The most prominent one of them all was that the ageing star was getting ready to go supernova — a massive explosion ...

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 ...

Betelgeuse star against starry sky artistic vision, elements of this image furnished by NASA. Inset Dr Devika Credit: Getty/Devika Betelgeuse is a Class M Red Supergiant star, and is approximately ...