A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | ...

The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after reaching its full "Flower Moon" phase. Because the moon is relatively close to ...

Using historical evidence, scientists have been able to pinpoint when the infamous supergiant got its red coloration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

On your calendar, make sure to put a big circle around the evening Thursday (Aug. 24), for on that evening the 57% illuminated waxing gibbous moon will occult the 1st-magnitude red supergiant star ...

The red supergiant Betelgeuse, a colossal star in the Orion constellation, experienced a massive stellar eruption – the likes of which have never been seen before, according to astronomers.

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: Andrea Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) / Ronald Gilliland (STScI) / NASA / ESA Humanity has marveled at the vivid ...

The star is a red supergiant (like the famous Betelgeuse) and it sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that contains some 30 billion stars. As the star has spat gas and dust into its ...

The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is Leona, a slowly rotating, oblong space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers ...

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is smaller and much closer to Earth than previously believed, according to astronomers from the Australian National University, who have given a new data for ...

For the very first time, astronomers have imaged in real time the dramatic end to a red supergiant's life, watching the massive star's rapid self-destruction and final death throes before it ...

Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after reaching its full "Flower Moon" phase.