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The Orion constellation star Betelgeuse might actually be two separate stellar bodies, a shocking new study has suggested
Researchers are suggesting that Betelgeuse's strange dimming pattern might be caused by a secret co…
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Earth's neighboring star Betelgeuse unexpectedly got 50% brighter part of a weird process that will end in the dying star going supernova
Observers have spotted some bizarre behavior from Betelgeuse in recent years, as it sheds light on …
Marianne Guenot
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Mystery solved: Betelgeuse, the dimming star that drew international attention, isn't exploding - it was just dusty
Betelgeuse made everybody think it was going to explode in a spectacular supernova. It turns out th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Hubble Space Telescope images explain why Betelgeuse was fading and how the monster star is not going to explode — just yet
New images created by the Hubble Space Telescope show that Betelgeuse — one of the brightest stars …
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Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars we see, has been fading for months. It could signal a fiery explosion, but it may just be dust.
That's because the star has experienced cycles of dimming and brightening before (though not this d…
Holly Secon
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Betelgeuse likely won't die as a supernova in your life. But astronomers are finding 'red nova' stars that may soon violently explode.
For years, Molnar and his colleagues have studied little-known yet extremely bright stellar mergers…
Dave Mosher
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New image from one of Earth's largest telescopes shows a 'star factory' nebula in stunning detail
The picture, of the Cone Nebula 2500-light-years away, was snapped by the European Southern Observa…
Marianne Guenot
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10 Things in Tech: Amazon’s guide to AI in different industries, Earth’s neighboring star, and workers look for less stressful jobs
In today's edition: HR is torn on job applicants using AI, Elon Musk gets government approval for p…
Diamond Naga Siu
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks Thursday night. Here's how to watch colorful streaks and fireballs lighting up the sky.
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. NASA calls them one of t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, but a Hunter's Moon will make shooting stars harder to spot
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. But the full moon will l…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet left behind a trail of dust that Earth plows through each year, producing a display …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX catches Falcon 9’s rocket head for the third time in a row — with a giant net out in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
Elon Musk and his space company SpaceX make catching a rocket head with a giant net, in the middle …
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Kepler supernova exploded 400 years ago but hasn’t slowed down — and two pieces of debris are headed towards Earth
The star known as Kepler exploded in a fiery supernova over four centuries ago, but the resulting b…
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Crazy Image Shows How Tiny Earth Is Compared To Our Sun
VY Canis Majoris is a hypergiant star located 3,900 light years from Earth. Hypergiants are a categ…
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers just proved the incredible origin of nearly all gold, platinum, and silver in the universe
The process, known appropriately as the rapid process (or r-process), goes like this: As the two ne…