In a rare celestial event, the massive asteroid 'Leona' is set to eclipse the red supergiant 'Betelgeuse,' creating a unique night sky spectacle on Monday night.

More about Leona, Betelgeuse and the eclipse: Leona is a small asteroid by astronomical standards, while Betelgeuse is 15 times more massive than the sun.

Astronomers hope to learn more about Betelgeuse and Leona through the eclipse, which is expected to last no more than 15 seconds. ... It's so huge that if it replaced our sun, ...

By observing an eclipse of a much dimmer star by Leona in September, a Spanish-led team recently estimated the asteroid to be about 34 miles wide and 50 miles long.

Asteroid Leona will fly through the sky and briefly cover Betelgeuse, one of the stars making up the Orion constellation, covering the star and creating a seconds-long eclipse.

Betelgeuse eclipse on 12 December 2023. Headlines: - On December 12th, asteroid 319 Leona will pass by one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse. - The event will lead the star to be ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

That’s because this solar eclipse won’t cover as much area as last year’s Great North American Eclipse, USA TODAY reported. See where the March solar eclipse will be visible.

The eclipse may be barely noticeable in the southeast, with cities such as Washington, D.C., expecting about 1 percent of the sun to be blocked, Forbes reported.

The countdown for the year's first total lunar eclipse begins. The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14. According ...

Sometimes, they 'foretold' love. Sometimes, death. Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1871.