How to Use Betelgeuse in a Sentence

Betelgeuse

noun

• Betelgeuse is a bright reddish star to the upper left of the belt.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• Like many stars, Betelgeuse has an Arabic name.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
• The other star appears to pass in front of Betelgeuse every six years or so.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2026
• Our Valentine star Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• Guinan has studied Betelgeuse but was not involved in the new research.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
• Many astronomers think this could happen to Betelgeuse within a million years, maybe even next week.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
• There was quiet and a new moon, black as soot outside, and far above the Earth, Betelgeuse was burning.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
• Keaton played the chaotic, impish spirit Betelgeuse whose name inspired the title of the film.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
• Above and to the right of Betelgeuse is Bellatrix, his other shoulder.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• Betelgeuse and the Pleiades hung—one billowing, one trembling—out of sight somewhere past the window frame.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
• Betelgeuse is red-orange, Aldebaran is orange, and Rigel is sapphire blue.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
• Betelgeuse may have competition for the most exciting star about to go nova near Earth.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Even at its smallest, Betelgeuse is way bigger than our sun, which isn’t even a million miles in diameter.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• Siwarha’s trail appeared just after the star crossed in front of Betelgeuse from Earth’s perspective.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
• Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, marking the right shoulder of the constellation Orion.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
• First, locate the red star Betelgeuse using a smartphone astronomy app.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• Look above Orion and go two-thirds of the way to the zenith to spot another reddish star, though its color is much less vivid than Betelgeuse.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• Look down from Aldebaran and close to the horizon is Betelgeuse, the bright reddish shoulder of Orion.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Together, the three bodies form a kind of cosmic triangle, with the baleful light of the red giant star Betelgeuse at its heart.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• The very bright star Rigel marks his left knee, and Betelgeuse, a bright and noticeably orange star, resides at the Hunter’s right armpit.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
• But Betelgeuse is about 16 to 17 times the mass of our sun, whereas Betelbuddy has about the same mass as our sun.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
• This pulsation, which occurs within Betelgeuse’s core, was found to be typical of red supergiant stars.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
• Look out for the red giant star Betelgeuse, which marks the right shoulder of Orion and the blue supergiant Rigel, which marks the left foot.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026
• Another one of Orion’s celestial hallmarks is the bright star Betelgeuse in the upper left corner of the hunter.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
• But in recent years, Betelgeuse has thrown astronomers a few puzzling curveballs that have required serious detective work to solve.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
• Once Orion rises, meteors emerge about 10° north/northwest of bright Betelgeuse.
  — Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
• Orionid meteors appear to emanate from a point in the sky known as a radiant located close to the red giant Betelgeuse.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
• Betelgeuse, for instance, is a red supergiant that is somewhere between 640 and 764 times the radius of our sun!
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Astronomers believe Siwarha completes one orbit around Betelgeuse every six years — hence the larger star’s change in brightness every six years.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
• The orientation of the hotspots of Betelgeuse also added support to the idea that the red supergiant star is orbited by an elusive companion star.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026