This artist’s animation shows a close-up view of Betelgeuse’s irregular surface — with its giant, dynamic gas bubbles — and distant stars dotting the background. As the “virtual camera” rotates from ...

Betelgeuse is a well-known red supergiant star in the constellation Orion. Recently it has gained a lot of attention, not only because variations in its brightness led to speculations that an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Go outside tonight when it gets dark and look to the ...