Look to the south to see Orion. Betelgeuse, the star in Orion’s right shoulder, appears slightly reddish in color. The bright star Rigel, in Orion’s left foot, is slightly bluish.

"Breathtaking" images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form.

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

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An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

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