NASA Skywatching Tips for March 2021 [Video]
…the bull, and Betelgeuse, the shoulder of Orion. And speaking of Betelgeuse, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories have determined the cause of the star’s dimming last…
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Unprecedented Astronomy: Atmosphere of the Red Supergiant Star Antares Revealed by Radio Telescopes
…its more well-known cousin Betelgeuse, are huge, relatively cold stars at the end of their lifetime. They are on their way to run out of fuel, collapse, and become supernovae….
View Some of the Best Images of Stars Ever Captured by the ESO
…view shows the surroundings of this star in the constellation of Vela (The Sails). Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin The Flames of Betelgeuse This picture of…
Mars, Pleiades, Jupiter, Saturn and Other Skywatching Highlights for March 2021
…forming a line with Mars – that is, the stars Aldebaran, which forms the angry eye of Taurus the bull, and Betelgeuse, the shoulder of Orion. And speaking of Betelgeuse,…
New ALMA Image Provides a Surprising Glimpse of Our Sun’s Future
…the surface of a red giant with a similar mass to the Sun. Earlier sharp images have shown details on much more massive, red supergiant stars like Betelgeuse and Antares….
Massive Explosions of Energy Far From Earth May Have Left Traces in Our Planet’s Biology and Geology
…Brakenridge said. “There are really only two possibilities: A solar flare or a supernova. I think the supernova hypothesis has been dismissed too quickly.” Beware Betelgeuse He noted that scientists…
Watching the Violent Death of a Rare, Extreme Supergiant Star
…only a few known to exist in the Milky Way. Examples include Betelgeuse, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion, and NML Cygni, also known as V1489 Cygni, in…
Sensing Suns: Astronomers Accurately Measure the Temperature of Red Supergiant Stars
…red supergiants. Stars come in a wide range of sizes, masses, and compositions. Our sun is considered a relatively small specimen, especially when compared to something like Betelgeuse which is…
Explosion Imminent: Massive Stars Sound Warning They Are About To Go Supernova
An artist’s impression of Betelgeuse’s supernova. Credit: European Southern Observatory/L. Calçada Astronomers from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Montpellier have devised an ‘early warning’ system to sound…
Don’t Miss: Geminid Meteor Shower and Asteroid Vesta
…asteroid Vesta on December 1 and December 8. On these nights, Vesta will be easy to find along a line between Betelgeuse in Orion and one of two bright stars…
Colossal Stellar Explosion Near Earth Revealed by Layers of Manganese Crust
…supernova 2.5 million years ago. When the brightness of the star Betelgeuse dropped dramatically a few months ago, some observers suspected an impending supernova – a stellar explosion that could…
European Southern Observatory’s MATISSE Instrument Sees First Light
…of the brightest stars in the night sky, including Sirius, Rigel and Betelgeuse, and showed that the instrument is working well. MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) observes infrared light…
Exploring the Mysteries of Faint Galactic Magnitudes
…to be from Earth, which is not the same thing as measuring how bright they actually are. For example, in reality, the variable star Betelgeuse is about 21,000 times brighter…
Ancient Supernovae Prompted Human Ancestors to Walk Upright
…anytime soon. The nearest star capable of exploding into a supernova in the next million years is Betelgeuse, some 200 parsecs (652 light years) from Earth. “Betelgeuse is too far…
Don’t Miss: Evenings With Giants, Mars Changes Course, and Meteors From Orion
…with respect to Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, and the Pleiades over the weeks, and you’ll be witnessing what was once a source of intense curiosity for astronomers, but which we now know…
The Iron-60 Enigma: Decoding Cosmic Explosions on Earth
…Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion, located at a safe distance of about 150 parsecs from our solar system. Production of interstellar isotopes Many new atoms are generated during cosmic…
Don’t Miss: Jupiter To Reach Opposition, Closest Approach to Earth in 59 Years!
…Up” video: https://youtu.be/QeXHNVb7kqg What are some skywatching highlights in September 2022? Mars is on the move this month, forming a “red triangle” with bright red stars Aldebaran and Betelgeuse. Saturn…
Once-in-a-Lifetime Viewing Opportunity: Nova Explosion, ‘New’ Star in Northern Crown
…runaway thermonuclear reaction – which produces the nova we see from Earth. This illustration depicts a red giant star, like Betelgeuse or Antares. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith…