
A brilliant red star beaming through our night sky is Betelgeuse, an aging supergiant on the shoulder of the Orion constellation.
For years astronomers have watched this star — pronounced "Beetlejuice" just like the Michael Keaton character — with some convinced it's on the brink of a supernova, a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star.
The timing of the star's






