In the past, researchers have referred to the hypothetical companion star as Alpha Ori b or "Betelbuddy." But this team has proposed its own name (and, shockingly, didn't take the ...

The two objects make for a strange pair. Unlike Betelgeuse, which is approaching the end of its life, the blue-white ...

The black hole bomb was created in a lab in the UK using a system of spinning mirrors that amplify waves of energy that ...

Two teams of astronomers have simultaneously discovered a strange, spinning dead star that seems to defy our current ...

But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type 1a supernovae, involves a binary star where one of the pair is a white dwarf. And while supernovae of all types usually ...

What We'll See When Betelgeuse Goes Supernova . Ethan Siegel Big Think December 6, 2024 ALMA The stars in the night sky, as we typically perceive them, are normally static and unchanging to our eyes.

Artificial intelligence is classifying real supernova explosions without the traditional use of spectra, thanks to a team of astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.… ...