PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in the giant star’s ...

Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

Could the giant star Betelgeuse have a buddy? A Betelbuddy? Betelgeuse, the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion, is a giant star whose strange dimming has sparked debate over when it will ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of the giant red supergiant Betelgeuse. A small companion star, affectionately named the ‘Betelbuddy’, has ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's visualization of some of the spots on red giant XX Trianguli. | Credit: Viktor Varga ...

Vibrations echoing through giant stars are offering unexpected insights into their internal structures and evolutionary paths. New findings published in Nature and based on data from NASA’s Kepler K2 ...

New observations of the red giant star R Doradus suggest starlight alone cannot drive stellar winds that spread key elements through the galaxy.

Researchers of the University of Granada have conducted the most complete worldwide analysis of the chemical composition and evolutionary state of a spectral type R carbon star The presence of carbon ...

Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets and their parent stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...