Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

ANU Astrophysicist and Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker discusses the star Betelgeuse, which has recently been undergoing “dimming ...

After finally confirming the tiny companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, Howell and the team gave it a name with roots as rich ...

A hidden companion star of Betelgeuse, long suspected by Hungarian astronomers, has finally been observed directly, ...

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A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star ...

Betelgeuse - the red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion, has a companion or binary twin, astronomers have ...

On July 21, 2025, NSF NOIRLab issued a press release stating that astronomers had detected a long-anticipated companion star ...

Astronomers have used a novel technique to find evidence of a secret "buddy" star orbiting Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

The findings confirm a long-standing theory first proposed in the early 1900s. More importantly, it sheds new light on how ...

Astronomers directly imaged a faint companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, solving a decades-old mystery about its strange ...

For decades the reddish glow of Betelgeuse has puzzled astronomers, but researchers believe they have now found the reason ...