I sat straight up in my seat when I learned of the discovery of a possible new supernova in the…
One has never been spotted for sure in the wild jungle of strange stellar objects out there, but astronomers now…
A supergiant star exploded 23.5 million years ago in one of the largest and brightest nearby galaxies. This spring we…
[/caption] For several years, astronomers have been trying to get a good look at a peculiar supergiant star that is…
Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation of Orion; despite that, its formal name (one of them anyway) is…
[/caption] Betelgeuse is the ninth brightest star in the sky, and the second brightest in the constellation of Orion (it's…